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Theory of mind

from Part VI - Social and emotional development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2017

By
Hannes Rakoczy
Edited by
Brian Hopkins ,
Elena Geangu  and
Sally Linkenauger
Brian Hopkins
Affiliation:
Lancaster University
Elena Geangu
Affiliation:
Lancaster University
Sally Linkenauger
Affiliation:
Lancaster University
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development , pp. 505 - 512
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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Apperly, I. (2011). Mindreaders: The cognitive basis of “theory of mind”. Hove, UK: Psychology Press.Google Scholar
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Perner, J. (1991). Understanding the representational mind. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.Google Scholar
Wellman, H. (2014). Making minds: How theory of mind develops. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar

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