Participants Don’t Need Theories: Knowing Minds in Engagement

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 647-665

  Reddy, Vasudevi ^a   Morris, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

action; dualism; engagement; infancy; Theory of Mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744246372     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354304046177     Document Type: Article

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