It takes time and experience to learn how to interpret gaze in mentalistic terms

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-190

  Leavens, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Cultural learning; Gaze following; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646525026     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.432     Document Type: Review

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