Imitation and conventional communication

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 481-500

  Moore, Richard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication; Conventions; Imitation; Language development; Social learning

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; LEARNING;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 84875401167     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-012-9349-8     Document Type: Article

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