Selecting the wrong processor: A critique of Leslie's theory of mind mechanism-selection processor theory

Developmental Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-85

  Doherty, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033246876     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7687.00058     Document Type: Article

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