Seeing things unseen: Fantasy beliefs and false reports

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-111

  Principe, Gabrielle F ^a   Smith, Eric ^b  

^a URSINUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41449093773     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248370701836618     Document Type: Article

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