Using pointing and describing to achieve joint focus of attention in dialogue

Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 415-419

  Bangerter, Adrian ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE;

ATTENTION; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 2942691786     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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