The role of goal-directed behavior in intention attribution in children

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 351-359

  Legrain, Laure ^a   Destrebecqz, Arnaud ^a   Gevers, Wim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attribution of intention; Goal directed action; Infants; Social interaction; Theory of mind; Unable vs Unwilling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTIVATION;

COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTENTION; MALE;

EID: 84862196796     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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