Mind Knowledge in the First Year: Understanding Attention and Intention

Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 241-264

  Reddy, Vasudevi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Directing attention to the self; Intention; Mind knowledge; Responding to attention; Understanding attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948087717     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996348.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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