False belief understanding: The influence of person, grammatical mood, counterfactual reasoning and working memory

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 615-632

  Mug̈ller, Ulrich ^a   Miller, Michael R ^a   Michalczyk, Kurt ^b   Karapinka, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 36448960165     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151007X182962     Document Type: Article

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