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From action to interaction: Apes, infants, and the last Rubicon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2005

Diane Poulin-Dubois*
Affiliation:
Centre for Research in Human Development, Concordia University, Montrèal, Quèbec, H3P 1V2Canadahttp://psychology.concordia.ca/Faculty/Poulin-Dubois.html

Abstract

Tomasello et al. have presented a position that is grounded in a conservative perspective of cultural learning, as well as in a rich interpretation of recent findings in early social cognition. Although I applaud their theoretical framework, I argue that data from studies of human infants are not necessarily consistent with the developmental picture that they describe.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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