The evolution of theory of mind: Big brains, social complexity, and inhibition

Young Children's Cognitive Development: Interrelationships Among Executive Functioning, Working Memory, Verbal Ability, and Theory of Mind

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 147-174

  Bjorklund, David F ^a   Cormier, Christopher A ^a   Rosenberg, Justin S ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410612007     Document Type: Chapter

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