The whole-hand point: The structure and function of pointing from a comparative perspective

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1999, Pages

  Leavens, David A ^a   Hopkins, William D ^b  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; GESTURE; HAPLORHINI; HOMINID; HUMAN; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; GESTURES; HAPLORHINI; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; INFANT; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0033252817     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.113.4.417     Document Type: Review

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