False-belief understanding in 2.5-year-olds: Evidence from violation-of-expectation change-of-location and unexpected-contents tasks

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 292-305

  He, Zijing ^a   Bolz, Matthias ^a   Baillargeon, Renée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 79954598751     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.00980.x     Document Type: Article

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