The evolution and development of human social cognition

Mind the Gap: Tracing the Origins of Human Universals

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 351-371

  Bjorklund, David F ^a   Causey, Kayla ^a   Periss, Virginia ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02725-3_17     Document Type: Chapter

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