Children's knowledge of the relation between intentional action and pretending

Cognitive Development

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 130-141

  Sobel, David M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intentionality; Pretense; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846370860     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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