Twelve-month-olds' comprehension and production of pointing

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 359-375

  Behne, Tanya ^a   Liszkowski, Ulf ^b   Carpenter, Malinda ^c   Tomasello, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84865042618     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: 2044835X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-835X.2011.02043.x     Document Type: Article

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