Is infant initiation of joint attention by pointing affected by type of interaction?

Social Development

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-76

  Franco, Fabia ^a   Perucchini, Paola ^b   March, Barbara ^c  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interactional differences; Peers; Pointing

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449088832     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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