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Direct linkLiszkowski, Ulf; Tomasello, Michael – Cognitive Development, 2011
Little is known about the origins of the pointing gesture. We sought to gain insight into its emergence by investigating individual differences in the pointing of 12-month-old infants in two ways. First, we looked at differences in the communicative and interactional uses of pointing and asked how different hand shapes relate to point frequency,…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Mothers, Infants, Individual Differences
Schwier, Christiane; van Maanen, Catharine; Carpenter, Malinda; Tomasello, Michael – Infancy, 2006
Gergely, Bekkering, and Kiraly (2002) demonstrated that 14-month-old infants engage in "rational imitation." To investigate the development and flexibility of this skill, we tested 12-month-olds on a different but analogous task. Infants watched as an adult made a toy animal use a particular action to get to an endpoint. In 1 condition there was a…
Descriptors: Imitation, Infants, Intention, Infant Behavior
