Different social motives in the gestural communication of chimpanzees and human children

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-68

  Bullinger, Anke F ^a   Zimmermann, Felizitas ^a   Kaminski, Juliane ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REWARD;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MANUAL COMMUNICATION; MOTIVATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; REWARD;

EID: 78650097621     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.00952.x     Document Type: Article

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