Infants' grasp of others' intentions

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-57

  Woodward, Amanda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Folk psychology; Infant cognition; Intention; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849153860     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01605.x     Document Type: Article

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