Preschooler's understanding of the role of mental states and action in pretense

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-238

  Ganea, Patricia A ^a   Lillard, Angeline S ^a   Turkheimer, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMITATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL TASK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 33845790523     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327647jcd0502_3     Document Type: Article

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