Modules and quasi-modules: Language and Theory of Mind in a polyglot savant

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-215

  Tsimpli, Ianthi Maria ^b   Smith, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032325336     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1041-6080(99)80130-7     Document Type: Article

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