Children's understanding of mental states as causes of emotions

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-272

  Rieffe, Carolien ^a   Terwogt, Mark Meerum ^b   Cowan, Richard ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Desires; Emotion understanding; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 29844446744     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.391     Document Type: Article

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