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Bering, J. M. & Parker, B. D. (2006). Children’s attributions of intentions to an invisible agent. Developmental Psychology, 42, 253-262.
Bering, J. M. & Shackelford, T. K. (2005, December). Evolutionary psychology and false confession. American Psychologist, 60(9), 1037-1038.
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Bering, J. M., Hernández-Blasi, C., Bjorklund, D. F. (2005). The development of ‘afterlife’ beliefs in secularly and religiously schooled children. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 23, 587-607.
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