False-belief understanding in 2.5-year-olds: Evidence from two novel verbal spontaneous-response tasks

Developmental Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-193

  Scott, Rose M ^a   He, Zijing ^b   Baillargeon, Renée ^c   Cummins, Denise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84857442985     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01103.x     Document Type: Article

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