Young children create iconic gestures to inform others

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2049-2060

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communicative development; Gesture speech integration; Iconic gestures; Intentional communication; Social cognitive development

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH;

EID: 84905560317     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037224     Document Type: Article

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