Origins of the human pointing gesture: A training study

Developmental Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 817-829

  Matthews, Danielle ^a   Behne, Tanya ^b   Lieven, Elena ^c,d   Tomasello, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GESTURE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GESTURES; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84868191434     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2012.01181.x     Document Type: Article

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