Epistemic trust: Modeling children's reasoning about others' knowledge and intent

Developmental Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 436-447

  Shafto, Patrick ^a   Eaves, Baxter ^a   Navarro, Daniel J ^b   Perfors, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECEPTION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TRUST;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECEPTION; HUMANS; INTENTION; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRUST;

EID: 84859733846     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2012.01135.x     Document Type: Article

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