Toddlers’ Understanding of Intentions, Desires, and Emotions: Explorations of the Dark Ages

Developing Theories of Intention: Social Understanding and Self-Control

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 17-41

  Meltzoff, Andrew N ^a   Gopnik, Alison ^b   Repacholi, Betty M ^c  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781003417927-3     Document Type: Chapter

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