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A theory of the child's theory of mind
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Metadata
- Authors
- Fodor, J. A.
- Venue
- Cognition
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1992-01
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 283-296
- ISSN
- 0010-0277 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1993433554
- Cited by
- 551
- References
- 4
- FWCI
- 10.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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