Do young children misunderstand their own emotions?

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331-348

  Bender, Patrick K ^a   Pons, Francisco ^b   Harris, Paul L ^c   de Rosnay, Marc ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emotion understanding; False belief; Other; Self; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956258636     PISSN: 17405629     EISSN: 17405610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2010.495615     Document Type: Article

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