Yukatek Maya children's attributions of belief to natural and non-natural entities

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 235-243

  Knight, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

False belief tasks; God; Religion; Theory of mind; Yukatek Maya

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849177298     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853708X358164     Document Type: Article

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