An investigation of first-order false belief understanding of children with congenital profound visual impairment

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-17

  Green, Sarah ^a,c   Pring, Linda ^a   Swettenham, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Stepfamily Scotland   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1642389971     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151004772901087     Document Type: Article

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