Imitation of body movements facilitated by joint attention through eye contact and pointing in Japanese monkey.

Eye contact and pointing are typical gestures in order to direct another individual's attention toward a target. We previously investigated on Japanese monkeys whether joint attention ability encouraged by eye contact and pointing was associated with the imitation of human's actions. The m...

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Main Authors: Mari Kumashiro, Osamu Yokoyama, Hidetoshi Ishibashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2577368?pdf=render