Ontogenetic and phylogenetic perspectives on gestural communication and its cerebral lateralization: From gesture to language

Meguerditchian, Adrien; Cochet, Hélène; Vauclair, Jacques

doi:10.1075/ais.1.07meg

In:Primate Communication and Human Language: Vocalisation, gestures, imitation and deixis in humans and non-humans
Edited by Anne Vilain, Jean-Luc Schwartz, Christian Abry and Jacques Vauclair
[Advances in Interaction Studies 1] 2011
► pp. 91–120

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From gesture to language

Ontogenetic and phylogenetic perspectives on gestural communication and its cerebral lateralization

Adrien Meguerditchian | Department of Psychology, Research Center in the Psychology of Cognition, Language and Emotion, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France

Hélène Cochet | Department of Psychology, Research Center in the Psychology of Cognition, Language and Emotion, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France

Jacques Vauclair | Department of Psychology, Research Center in the Psychology of Cognition, Language and Emotion, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France

Published online: 30 March 2011

https://doi.org/10.1075/ais.1.07meg

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