Evolving to be mentalists: The "mind-reading mums" hypothesis

From Mating to Mentality: Evaluating Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 95-124

  Brockway, Raewyn ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203484708     Document Type: Chapter

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