The development of mentalistic gaze understanding

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-186

  Doherty, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gaze detection; Joint attention; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646513558     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.434     Document Type: Review

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