Representing the Mental World in Children's Social Behavior: Playing Hide-and-Seek and Keeping a Secret

Social Development

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 496-512

  Peskin, Joan ^a   Ardino, Vittoria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Executive function; Hide and seek; Keeping secrets; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345059989     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00245     Document Type: Article

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