The inquisitive eye: Infants' implicit understanding that looking leads to knowing

Gaze-Following: Its Development and Significance

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 263-281

  Poulin Dubois, Diane ^a   Demke, Tamara L ^a   Olineck, Kara M ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

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EID: 85082903101     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315093741-12     Document Type: Chapter

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