Meaning and mind from the perspective of dualist versus relational worldviews: Implications for the development of pointing gestures

Human Development

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 381-400

  Carpendale, Jeremy I M ^a   Atwood, Sherrie ^a   Kettner, Viktoria ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gestures; Infancy; Meaning; Pointing; Social development; Worldviews

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVISM; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 84894419168     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: 14230054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000357235     Document Type: Article

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