Preschoolers' generation of different types of counterfactual statements and theory of mind understanding

Cognitive Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-80

  Guajardo, Nicole R ^a   Turley Ames, Kandi Jo ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterfactual statement; Preschooler; Theory of mind understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742289074     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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