Apes' and children's understanding of cooperative and competitive motives in a communicative situation

Developmental Science

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 518-529

  Herrmann, Esther ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HOMINID; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CUES; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33746791138     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2006.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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