How do young children process beliefs about beliefs?: Evidence from response latency

Mind and Language

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 297-316

  Kikuno, Haruo ^a   Mitchell, Peter ^b   Ziegler, Fenja ^b  

^a OSAKA SHOIN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34248597890     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: 14680017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0017.2007.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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