Thinking while talking: Adults fail nonverbal false-belief reasoning

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 574-579

  Newton, Ashley M ^a   De Villiers, Jill G ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LANGUAGE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; REALITY TESTING; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 34547323728     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01942.x     Document Type: Article

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