Synchrony in the onset of mental state understanding across cultures? A study among children in Samoa

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-28

  Mayer, Andreas ^a   Träuble, Birgit E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

child development; cross cultural psychology; cultural variability; false belief task; theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; SAMOA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84870864589     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025412454030     Document Type: Article

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