Private speech and theory of mind: Evidence for developing interfunctional relations

Private Speech, Executive Functioning, and the Development of Verbal Self-Regulation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 95-104

  Fernyhough, Charles ^a   Meins, Elizabeth ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052475298     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511581533.008     Document Type: Chapter

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