Preschoolers use information about speakers' desires to learn new words

Cognitive Development

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 214-231

  Saylor, Megan M ^a   Troseth, Georgene L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Preschoolers; Theory of mind; Word learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744794059     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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