Low-income preschoolers’ false-belief performance

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 411-424

  Curenton, Stephanie M ^a  

^a The Society for Research on Child Development   (United States)

Author keywords

African american; False belief; Low income; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346431883     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221320309597887     Document Type: Article

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