Acting and planning on the basis of a false belief: Its effects on 3-year-old children's reasoning about their own false beliefs

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 953-964

  Atance, Cristina M ^a,b   O'Neill, Daniela K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PERCEPTION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 7544226845     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.40.6.953     Document Type: Article

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