Sarcasm and advanced theory of mind understanding in children and adults with prelingual deafness

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1862-1877

  O'Reilly, Karin ^a   Peterson, Candida C ^a   Wellman, Henry M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Deafness; Life span social cognition; Sarcasm understanding; Second order false belief; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SIGN LANGUAGE; THEORY OF MIND; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CULTURE; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGN LANGUAGE; THEORY OF MIND; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903125476     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036654     Document Type: Article

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