One-year-olds' understanding of nonverbal gestures directed to a third person

Cognitive Development

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-33

  Gräfenhain, Maria ^a,b   Behne, Tanya ^a,c   Carpenter, Malinda ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communicative intentions; Nonverbal gestures; Overhearing; Preverbal development

Indexed keywords

EID: 60049094467     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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