Effects of early care on joint attention and social behavior in Pan, Gorilla & Pongo

Abstract

The ability to share attention w ith another individual is the foundation upon w hich m ore cognitively com plex capacities, such as perspective taking, attribution o f intention, and deception, develop in hum ans (Carpenter, Nagell, & Tom asello, 1998; Charm an et al., 2000;Tom asello, 1995a). Joint attention, the ability to coordinate attention w ith another individual around an object o r event, em erges during early infancy (C arpenter et al., 1998). StudiesThere are many individuals to who I am indebted for their assistance w ith the current study. First, I would like to thank the m em bers o f my com