Publication: The function and evolution of child-directed communication
The function and evolution of child-directed communication
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Schick, J., Fryns, C., Wegdell, F., Laporte, M., Zuberbühler, K., van Schaik, C. P., Townsend, S. W., & Stoll, S. (2022). The function and evolution of child-directed communication. PLoS Biology, 20, e3001630. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001630
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Humans communicate with small children in unusual and highly conspicuous ways (child-directed communication (CDC)), which enhance social bonding and facilitate language acquisition. CDC-like inputs are also reported for some vocally learning animals, suggesting similar functions in facilitating communicative competence. However, adult great apes, our closest living relatives, rarely signal to their infants, implicating communication surrounding the infant as the main input for infant great apes and early humans. Given cross-cultural v
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- Schick, Johanna
- Fryns, Caroline
- Wegdell, Franziska
- Laporte, Marion
- Zuberbühler, Klaus
- van Schaik, Carel P
- Townsend, Simon W
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Schick, J., Fryns, C., Wegdell, F., Laporte, M., Zuberbühler, K., van Schaik, C. P., Townsend, S. W., & Stoll, S. (2022). The function and evolution of child-directed communication. PLoS Biology, 20, e3001630. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001630
