Specific language impairment, theory of mind, and visual perspective taking: Evidence for simulation theory and the developmental role of language

Child Development

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1842-1853

  Farrant, Brad M ^a   Fletcher, Janet ^a   Maybery, Murray T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TIME; VISION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33750918146     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00977.x     Document Type: Article

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