Metarepresentation and the great cognitive divide: a commentary on Henriques' "psychology defined".
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I locate the discontinuity between humans and other animals a bit differently than Henriques (this issue)-in metarepresentational abilities. However, I do think that the justification process might have played a critical role in the development of these metarepresentational abilities.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical psychology
دوره 60 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004