The research was conducted during tenure of a Health Research Council of New Zealand, Pacific Health Research Postgraduate Award to Mele Taumoepeau.
Mother and Infant Talk About Mental States Relates to Desire Language and Emotion Understanding
Article first published online: 23 MAR 2006
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00882.x
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Taumoepeau, M. and Ruffman, T. (2006), Mother and Infant Talk About Mental States Relates to Desire Language and Emotion Understanding. Child Development, 77: 465–481. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00882.x
The MacBrain face stimulus set used in this study was obtained from the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Early Experience and Brain Development. Development of the MacBrain Face Stimulus Set was overseen by Nim Tottenham and supported by the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Early Experience and Brain Development. Please contact Nim Tottenham at tott0006@tc.umn.edu for more information concerning the stimulus set.
We owe special thanks to the children and parents who participated in the study, to Kirstie Morgan and Anna Janssen for help with the transcribing and coding, and to two anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments.
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