Eyes wide shut: The importance of eyes in infant gaze-following and understanding other minds

Gaze-Following: Its Development and Significance

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 217-241

  Meltzoff, Andrew N ^a   Brooks, Rechele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84904679877     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315093741-10     Document Type: Chapter

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