Let's pretend! Children and joint action

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-97

  Tollefsen, Deborah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Child's theory of mind; Collective intentionality; Joint action; Joint attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544306976     PISSN: 00483931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0048393104271925     Document Type: Review

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