Linguistic Practice and False-belief Tasks

Mind and Language

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 298-328

  Van Cleave, Matthew ^a   Gauker, Christopher ^a  

^a Concordia College ^*  (United States)

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EID: 77954137802     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: 14680017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0017.2010.01391.x     Document Type: Article

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