Mental state expressions in US and Japanese children's books

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 546-552

  Dyer Seymour, Jennifer R ^a,b   Shatz, Marilyn ^a   Wellman, Henry M ^a   Saito, Miho T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOOK; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALITY; ORIENTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9144237551     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650250444000261     Document Type: Article

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