Pretend play and the development of collective intentionality

Cognitive Systems Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 113-127

  Rakoczy, Hannes ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collective intentionality; Pretend play; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COLLECTIVE INTENTIONALITY; COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES; FAIN-GRAINED TAXONOMIES; ONTOGENY; SOCIAL PRETEND PLAY;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COOPERATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHILOSOPHY; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

EID: 33645927969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13890417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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