Yawning: An opening into empathy?

Cognitive Development in Chimpanzees

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 233-245

  Anderson, James R ^a   Matsuzawa, Tetsuro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 73949146706     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/4-431-30248-4_15     Document Type: Chapter

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