Preschoolers’ use of eye gaze for “mind reading”

Gaze-Following: Its Development and Significance

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 243-261

  Eskritt, Michelle ^a   Lee, Kang ^b  

^a MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315093741-11     Document Type: Chapter

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