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Getting to know yourself … and others

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2009

Candice M. Mills  and
Judith H. Danovitch
Candice M. Mills
Affiliation:
School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX [email protected]://www.utdallas.edu/research/thinklab
Judith H. Danovitch
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1116. [email protected]://psychology.msu.edu/people/faculty/danovitch.htm
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Abstract

Carruthers rejects developmental evidence based primarily on an argument regarding one skill in particular: understanding false beliefs. We propose that this rejection is premature; and that identifying and examining the development of other subcomponent skills important for metacognition and mindreading, such as the ability to assess levels of knowledge, will in fact be useful in resolving this debate.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , April 2009 , pp. 154 - 155
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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