Three-year-olds understand appearance and reality - Just not about the same object at the same time

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1124-1132

  Moll, Henrike ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appearance reality; Perspective taking; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECOGNITION; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORY OF MIND;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REALITY TESTING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84871860127     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025915     Document Type: Article

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