Scaling of theory-of-mind understandings in Chinese children

Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1075-1081

  Wellman, Henry M ^a,b   Fang, Fuxi ^c   Liu, David ^d   Zhu, Liqi ^c   Liu, Guoxiong ^c  

^a Center for Human Growth and Development   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845606364     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01830.x     Document Type: Article

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