From infants' to children's appreciation of belief

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 519-525

  Perner, Josef ^a   Roessler, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FALSE BELIEFS; SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPETENCE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EXPECTATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SOCIAL BELIEF; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND; THINKING;

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; DECEPTION; HUMANS; INFANT; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SUGGESTION;

EID: 84866538117     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.08.004     Document Type: Review

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