Pointing out new news, old news, and absent referents at 12 months of age

Developmental Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

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

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENTION; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846686732     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2006.00552.x     Document Type: Review

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