The Emergence of the Ability to Track a Character's Mental Perspective in Narrative

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1032-1037

  O'Neill, Daniela K ^a   Shultis, Rebecca M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

deixis; mental situation models; narrative; point of view; preschoolers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34548168588     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.4.1032     Document Type: Article

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