The Mind Behind the Message: Advancing Theory-of-Mind Scales for Typically Developing Children, and Those With Deafness, Autism, or Asperger Syndrome

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 469-485

  Peterson, Candida C ^a   Wellman, Henry M ^b   Slaughter, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; SIGN LANGUAGE; STATISTICS; THEORY OF MIND;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; DEAFNESS; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGN LANGUAGE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84858265469     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01728.x     Document Type: Article

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