Does the mastery of center-embedded linguistic structures distinguish humans from nonhuman primates?

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 307-313

  Perruchet, Pierre ^a   Rey, Arnaud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

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EID: 23744439806     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196377     Document Type: Review

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