Studies of Adults Can Inform Accounts of Theory of Mind Development

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 190-201

  Apperly, Ian A ^a   Samson, Dana ^b   Humphreys, Glyn W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adults; executive function; false belief; language; theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 58449088992     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014098     Document Type: Article

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