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The Relationship Between Infant Holdout and Gives, and Pointing

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: We provide an analysis of holdout and giving (Ho&G) behaviours in prelinguistic infants and investigate their relationship with index finger pointing. The frequency of Ho&Gs at 10 and 11 months along with the length of the following social interaction correlated with index finger pointing at 12 months. We conclude that Ho&Gs are a precursor to index finger pointing and that this provides support for social‐pragmatic approaches to communicative development.

Source: Infancy

DOI: 10.1111/infa.12085

Authors: Thea Cameron‐Faulkner, Anna Theakston, Elena Lieven, Michael Tomasello

Institutions: University of Manchester, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Language: English

Topic: Child and Animal Learning Development

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Economic and Social Research Council

Award: The International Centre for Language and Communicative Development