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Children's Understanding of Representational Change and Its Relation to the Understanding of False Belief and the Appearance-Reality Distinction

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ID19600394
AuthorsAlison Gopnik (0000-0002-7183-0867), Janet Wilde Astington
Year1988
Volume59
Issue1
Pages26-26
Publication date1988-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueChild Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-3920 • E-ISSN: 1467-8624
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2307/1130386
OpenAlexW4238825910
LanguageEN
Citations received153

Alison Gopnik, Janet W. Astington, Children's Understanding of Representational Change and Its Relation to the Understanding of False Belief and the Appearance-Reality Distinction, Child Development, Vol. 59, No. 1 (Feb., 1988), pp. 26-37

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