Belief attribution despite verbal interference

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 975-990

  Forgeot d'Arc, Baudouin ^a,b   Ramus, Franck ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Belief attribution; False belief task; Language; Signal detection theory; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958053940     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2010.524413     Document Type: Article

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