The social brain hypothesis: An evolutionary perspective on the neurobiology of social behaviour

I Know What You're Thinking: Brain Imaging and Mental Privacy

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Shultz, Susanne ^a   Dunbar, R I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive powers; Evolution; Human brain; Social cognition; Theory of mind

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EID: 84922760641     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199596492.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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