Imagination, planning, and working memory: The emergence of language

Current Anthropology

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Reuland, Eric ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77957701686     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651260     Document Type: Article

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