Two-year-olds grasp the intentional structure of pretense acts

Developmental Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 557-564

  Rakoczy, Hannes ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33750299124     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2006.00533.x     Document Type: Review

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