Pretense in animals: The continuing relevance of children's pretense

Play and Development: Evolutionary, Sociocultural, and Functional Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 51-75

  Mitchell, Robert W ^a  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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