Individual differences in social, cognitive, and morphological aspects of infant pointing

Cognitive Development

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-29

  Liszkowski, Ulf ^a,b   Tomasello, Michael ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication; Developmental origins; Gesture; Individual differences; Mother child relations; Pointing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951516757     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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