Twelve-month-olds' comprehension and production of pointing
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Twelve-month-olds' comprehension and production of pointing
Behne, T.; Liszkowski, U.; Carpenter, M. & Tomasello, M. (2012)
British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 30(3) pp. 359-375. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-835X.2011.02043.x
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- Authors
- Behne, Tanya; Liszkowski, Ulf; Carpenter, Malinda; Tomasello, Michael
- Abstract
- This study explored whether infants aged 12 months already recognize the communicative function of pointing gestures. Infants participated in a task requiring them to comprehend an adult's informative pointing gesture to the location of a hidden toy. They mostly succeeded in this task, which required them to infer that the adult was attempting to direct their attention to a location for a reason because she wanted them to know that a toy was hidden there. Many of the infants also rueversed roles and produced appropriate pointing gestures for the adult in this same game, and indeed there was a correlation such that comprehenders were for the most part producers. These findings indicate that by 12 months of age infants are beginning to show a bidirectional understanding of communicative pointing.
- Issue Date
- 2012
- Status
- published
- Publisher
- Wiley-blackwell
- Journal
- British Journal of Developmental Psychology
- ISSN
- 0261-510X