How do children coordinate information about mental states with social norms?

Cognitive Development

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-81

  Wang, Fei ^a,b   Zhu, Liqi ^a   Shi, Kan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese culture; Contextually conventional rule; Coordination; Social norm; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951508154     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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