Social Engagement Leads 2-Year-Olds to Overestimate Others' Knowledge

Infancy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 248-265

  Moll, Henrike ^a   Carpenter, Malinda ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79953326722     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: 15327078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7078.2010.00044.x     Document Type: Article

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