Same or different? ERP correlates of pretense and false belief reasoning in children

Neuroscience

Volumn 248, Issue , 2013, Pages 488-498

  Kuhn Popp N ^a   Sodian, B ^a   Sommer, M ^b   Dohnel K ^b   Meinhardt, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; False belief; P2; Pretense; Slow wave potentials; Theory of Mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FALSE BELIEF; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRETENSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REASONING; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BELIEF; TOPOGRAPHY; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORY OF MIND;

BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84880940052     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.06.017     Document Type: Article

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