Detecting agents

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1431, 2003, Pages 549-559

  Johnson, Susan C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Autism; Infancy; Intentionality; Self propelled motion; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

HUMAN BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037471864     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1237     Document Type: Article

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