The moral, epistemic, and mindreading components of children's vigilance towards deception

Cognition

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 367-380

  Mascaro, Olivier ^a   Sperber, Dan ^a  

^a INSTITUT JEAN NICOD   (France)

Author keywords

Communication; Cooperation; Deception; Folk epistemology; Theory of mind; Trust

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MORALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; WITNESS;

EID: 68049147278     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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