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Perspective taking in referring to objects behind versus in front of an observer: Frames of reference, intraindividual consistency, and response latencies

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Pages 1384-1408 | Received 08 Apr 2014, Accepted 06 Jul 2015, Published online: 22 Sep 2015

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