Young children have difficulty ascribing true beliefs

Developmental Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Riggs, Kevin J ^a   Simpson, Andrew ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 17544362892     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2005.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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