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What can we say about the inner experience of the young child?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2009

Charles Fernyhough
Charles Fernyhough
Affiliation:
Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University, Durham DH1 3RL, United Kingdom. c.p.fernyhough@durham.ac.ukhttp://www.dur.ac.uk/c.p.fernyhough
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Abstract

Inner experience is proposed as a basis for self-interpretation in both children and adults, but young children's inner experience may not be comparable to our own. I consider evidence on children's attribution of inner experience, experience sampling, and the development of inner speech, concluding that Carruthers' theory should predict a developmental lag between mindreading and metacognition.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , April 2009 , pp. 143 - 144
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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