Contrasting the Social Cognition of Humans and Nonhuman Apes: The Shared Intentionality Hypothesis

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 368-379

  Call, Josep ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal cognition; Cooperation; Culture; Enculturation; Human development; Joint action; Mindreading; Shared intentionality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COOPERATION; HOMINID; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; INTENTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79951470521     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2009.01025.x     Document Type: Article

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