Can an agent's false belief be corrected by an appropriate communication? Psychological reasoning in 18-month-old infants

Cognition

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-315

  Song, Hyun joo ^a   Onishi, Kristine H ^b   Baillargeon, Renée ^c   Fisher, Cynthia ^c  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Action comprehension; Belief; Cognitive development; Infant cognition; Psychological reasoning; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 56349085975     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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