Neural systems and the development of gaze-following and related joint attention skills

Gaze-Following: Its Development and Significance

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 17-51

  Van Hecke, Amy Vaughan ^a   Mundy, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315093741-2     Document Type: Chapter

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