Culture and cognitive development

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 37-40

  Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognition; Culture; Human evolution; Joint attention; Language

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039029323     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00056     Document Type: Article

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