Neural correlates of children's theory of mind development

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 318-326

  Liu, David ^a,c   Sabbagh, Mark A ^b   Gehring, William J ^a   Wellman, Henry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; EGO; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REALITY TESTING;

EID: 65349094154     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01262.x     Document Type: Article

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