The development and neural basis of pointing comprehension

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 441-450

  Gredebäck, Gustaf ^a   Melinder, Annika ^a   Daum, Moritz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

ERP; Infant; Pointing; Social cognition; STS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; GESTURE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAND; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; GESTURES; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 78149254067     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470910903523327     Document Type: Article

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