Pointing behaviors in apes and human infants: A balanced interpretation

Child Development

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 729-734

  Gómez, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GESTURE; HOMINID; HUMAN; INFANT; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; GESTURES; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SEMANTICS;

EID: 34248639570     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01027.x     Document Type: Article

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