15-month-old infants detect violations in pretend scenarios

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 106-128

  Onishi, Kristine H ^a   Baillargeon, Renée ^b   Leslie, Alan M ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Infancy; Pretense comprehension; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; RECREATION; REFERENCE VALUE; TIME; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTENTION; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33845576368     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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