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- Title
The whole-hand point: the structure and function of pointing from a comparative perspective.
- Authors
Leavens, D A; Hopkins, W D
- Abstract
Pointing by monkeys, apes, and human infants is reviewed and compared. Pointing with the index finger is a species-typical human gesture, although human infants exhibit more whole-hand pointing than is commonly appreciated. Captive monkeys and feral apes have been reported to only rarely "spontaneously" point, although apes in captivity frequently acquire pointing, both with the index finger and with the whole hand, without explicit training. Captive apes exhibit relatively more gaze alternation while pointing than do human infants about 1 year old. Human infants are relatively more vocal while pointing than are captive apes, consistent with paralinguistic use of pointing.
- Publication
Journal of comparative psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983), 1999, Vol 113, Issue 4, p417
- ISSN
0735-7036
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1037/0735-7036.113.4.417