Mechanisms of belief-desire reasoning: Inhibition and bias

Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 547-552

  Friedman, Ori ^a   Leslie, Alan M ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 4043075636     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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