Taking versus confronting visual perspectives in preschool children

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 646-654

  Moll, Henrike ^a   Meltzoff, Andrew N ^b   Merzsch, Katharina ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Perspective taking; Social cognitive development; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THEORY OF MIND; VISION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THEORY OF MIND; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84876144226     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028633     Document Type: Article

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