The association between intention understanding and peer cooperation in toddlers

International Journal of Developmental Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 368-388

  Hunnius, Sabine ^a   Bekkering, Harold ^a   Cillessen, Antonius H N ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Infancy; Intention understanding; Peer interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013621241     PISSN: 2192001X     EISSN: 21917485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/DEV-2009-3404     Document Type: Article

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