Interrelationships among theory of mind, executive control, language development, and working memory in young children: A longitudinal analysis

Young Children's Cognitive Development: Interrelationships Among Executive Functioning, Working Memory, Verbal Ability, and Theory of Mind

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 259-284

  Schneider, Wolfgang ^a   Lockl, Kathrin ^a   Fernandez, Olivia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410612007     Document Type: Chapter

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