A longitudinal assessment of the relation between executive function and theory of mind at 3, 4, and 5 years

Cognitive Development

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-55

  Marcovitch, Stuart ^a   O'Brien, Marion ^a   Calkins, Susan D ^a   Leerkes, Esther M ^a   Weaver, Jennifer M ^b   Levine, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive function; Expression and emergence accounts, Social reasoning; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920868786     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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