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@article{citeulike:5436104, abstract = {Joint action is central to countless aspects of human life. Here I examine the roots of joint action in infancy. First, I provide evidence that2014contrary to popular belief20141-year-old infants do have the social-cognitive prerequisites needed to participate in joint action, even in a relatively strict sense: they can read others' goals and intentions, they have some basic understanding of common knowledge, and they have the ability and motivation to help others achieve their goals. Then I review some evidence of infants' and young children's active participation in different types of joint action, from prelinguistic communication to more instrumental collaborations with others, with a particular focus on whether young children show evidence of an understanding of the commitments and obligations entailed in joint action. I conclude that the uniquely human ability and motivation to participate in joint action is already seen in infants by 1 year of age.}, address = {Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany}, author = {Carpenter, Malinda}, citeulike-article-id = {5436104}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-8765.2009.01026.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/122322385/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1111/j.1756-8765.2009.01026.x}, issn = {1756-8765}, journal = {Topics in Cognitive Science}, keywords = {action, attention, commitment, common, communication, cooperation, goal, ground, helping, infancy, intentionality, joint, shared}, number = {2}, pages = {380--392}, posted-at = {2009-08-14 11:10:00}, priority = {0}, title = {Just How Joint Is Joint Action in Infancy?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-8765.2009.01026.x}, volume = {1}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5436104 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5436104 N2 - Joint action is central to countless aspects of human life. Here I examine the roots of joint action in infancy. First, I provide evidence that2014contrary to popular belief20141-year-old infants do have the social-cognitive prerequisites needed to participate in joint action, even in a relatively strict sense: they can read others' goals and intentions, they have some basic understanding of common knowledge, and they have the ability and motivation to help others achieve their goals. Then I review some evidence of infants' and young children's active participation in different types of joint action, from prelinguistic communication to more instrumental collaborations with others, with a particular focus on whether young children show evidence of an understanding of the commitments and obligations entailed in joint action. I conclude that the uniquely human ability and motivation to participate in joint action is already seen in infants by 1 year of age. IS - 2 JF - Topics in Cognitive Science SN - 1756-8765 AD - Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany EP - 392 TI - Just How Joint Is Joint Action in Infancy? VL - 1 SP - 380 KW - action KW - attention KW - commitment KW - common KW - communication KW - cooperation KW - goal KW - ground KW - helping KW - infancy KW - intentionality KW - joint KW - shared AU - Carpenter, Malinda PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-8765.2009.01026.x ER -