Understanding Attention: 12- and 18-Month-Olds Know What Is New for Other Persons

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 906-912

  Tomasello, Michael ^a   Haberl, Katharina ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AWARENESS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0142228238     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.39.5.906     Document Type: Article

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