The development of pointing: From personal directedness to interpersonal direction

Human Development

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 110-126

  Carpendale, Jeremy I M ^a   Carpendale, Ailidh B ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gestures; Infancy; Pointing; Social development

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; GESTURE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 77954504886     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000315168     Document Type: Review

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