Do infants understand that external goals are internally represented?

Citation

Perner J & Doherty M (2005) Do infants understand that external goals are internally represented?. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28 (5), pp. 710-711. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X05430125

Abstract
Evidence for infants’ sensitivity to behavior being goal oriented leaves it open as to whether they see such behavior as being designed to lead to an external goal or whether they see it, in addition, as being directed by an internal representation of the goal. We point out the difficulty of finding possible criteria for how infants or children view this matter.

Keywords
; Child psychology; Infant psychology; Perception in children; Perception in infants

Journal
Behavioral and Brain Sciences: Volume 28, Issue 5