Children Come to Understand That People Have Thoughts and Feelings

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1-12

  Astington, Janet Wilde ^b   Barriault, Terri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autism; Developmental delay; Early identification; Early intervention; Individual differences; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345823440     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001163-200113030-00005     Document Type: Article

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