Children's understanding of idioms and theory of mind development

Developmental Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 703-711

  Caillies, Stéphanie ^a   Le Sourn Bissaoui, Sandrine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

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ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 49549101334     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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