False beliefs or false positives? Limits on children's understanding of mental representation

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-262

  Fabricius, William V ^a   Khalil, Suzanne L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 4043181722     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327647JCD0403_01     Document Type: Article

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