Bidirectional communication between a Japanese monkey and a human through eye gaze and pointing

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-32

  Kumashiro, Mari ^a   Ishibashi, Hidetoshi ^a   Itakura, Shoji ^a   Iriki, Atsushi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bidirectional communication; Eye gaze; Gaze alternation; Human; Joint attention; Monkey; Pointing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036553806     PISSN: 02499185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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