A Meadian account of social understanding: Taking a non-mentalistic approach to infant and verbal false belief understanding

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 166-178

  Stone, Jake E ^a   Carpendale, Jeremy I M ^a   Sugarman, Jeff ^a   Martin, Jack ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Belief; Intention; Language; Reflection

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455195558     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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