Observers' proficiency at identifying pretense acts based on behavioral cues

Cognitive Development

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 223-240

  Richert, Rebekah A ^a   Lillard, Angeline S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral cues; Development; Discrimination; Pretense; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342427419     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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