Curious information-seeking is known to be a key driver for learning, but characterizing this
important psychological phenomenon remains a challenge. In this article, we argue that …

The first gestures that children produce intentionally to communicate with others, make
sense of the world around them, and control their behavior are ostensive gestures of …

Many Western industrialized nations have high levels of ethnic diversity but to date there are
very few studies which investigate prelinguistic and early language development in infants …

Caregivers use a range of verbal and nonverbal behaviours when responding to their
infants. Previous studies have typically focused on the role of the caregiver in providing …

Children's rhythmic movements during the first year of life possess a meaningful predictive
validity for later communicative development. However, their role within adult-child …

Young children communicate via gesture before they communicate through speech;
research has documented strong associations between early gesture use and later …

Index-finger pointing is foundational to language acquisition. Less is known about its
emergence. In lab-based monthly longitudinal assessments from 8-13 months (N= 31) the …

Prelinguistic cognitive reference comprehension is foundational to language acquisition and
higher cognitive functions. However, its ontogenetic origins in the first year of life are …

Understanding humans' motivation and capacity for social interaction requires
understanding communicative gestures. Gestures are one of the earliest means that infants …

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