Lateralization of communicative signals in nonhuman primates and the hypothesis of the gestural origin of language

Interaction Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 365-386

  Vauclair, Jacques ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Communication; Evolution; Gesture; Language; Mirror neurons; Primates; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248691986     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.5.3.04vau     Document Type: Article

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