Modularity, development and 'theory of mind'

Mind and Language

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 131-153

  Scholl, Brian J ^a   Leslie, Alan M ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033095699     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0017.00106     Document Type: Article

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