Do people automatically track others' beliefs? Evidence from a continuous measure

Cognition

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 128-133

  Van Der Wel, Robrecht P R D ^a   Sebanz, Natalie ^b,c   Knoblich, Guenther ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Belief tracking; False belief task; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY OF MIND; DEPTH PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887339558     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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