Sharing and comparing: How comparing shared goals broadens goal understanding in development

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-29

  Gerson, Sarah A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action understanding; Comparison; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893783746     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12056     Document Type: Article

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