12- and 18-month-olds point to provide information for others

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-187

  Liszkowski, Ulf ^a   Carpenter, Malinda ^a   Striano, Tricia ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ONTOGENY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 33746140611     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327647jcd0702_2     Document Type: Article

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