Sharing attention and pointing to objects at 12 months: Is the intentional stance implied?

Cognitive Development

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-110

  Legerstee, Maria ^a   Barillas, Yarixa ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Declarative pointing; Intentional communication; Internal states

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037270489     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2014(02)00165-X     Document Type: Article

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