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title: "2 Metarepresentational Agency Quotes by 1 author"
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> [“In sum, the great apes arguably man1 ifest at least some aspects of teleomechanical agency and mentalistic agency (Suddendorf and Whiten 2001); however, there is no convincing evidence that any animals other than humans possess metarepresentational agency (Heyes 1998; C. Wynne 2001).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-atran/in-sum-the-great-apes-arguably-man1-ifest-at-least-some-aspects-of/)

[Scott Atran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-atran/)

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> [“Around the start of the fourth year, the child begins to elaborate an understanding of metarepresentational agency: the child attributes intentional attitudes, such as belief and pretense, to people’s representations of the world. Only then can children examine whether their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-atran/around-the-start-of-the-fourth-year-the-child-begins-to-elaborate-an/)

[Scott Atran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-atran/)

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