Children's developing knowledge of the relationship between mental awareness and pretense

Child Development

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 704-729

  Sobel, David M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECOGNITION; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 4043133824     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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