Mindreading and the cognitive architecture underlying altruistic motivation

Mind and Language

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 425-455

  Nichols, Shaun ^a  

^a School of Business   (United States)

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EID: 0035457763     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0017.00178     Document Type: Article

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