Autism as a case for neuroanthropology: Delineating the role of theory of mind in religious development

The Encultured Brain: An Introduction to Neuroanthropology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 291-314

  Brezis, Rachel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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