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Talking to each other and talking together: Joint language tasks and degrees of interactivity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2013

Chiara Gambi  and
Martin J. Pickering
Chiara Gambi
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Scotland, United Kingdom. C.Gambi@sms.ed.ac.ukMartin.Pickering@ed.ac.ukhttp://www.psy.ed.ac.uk/people/martinp/index_html
Martin J. Pickering
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Scotland, United Kingdom. C.Gambi@sms.ed.ac.ukMartin.Pickering@ed.ac.ukhttp://www.psy.ed.ac.uk/people/martinp/index_html
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Abstract

A second-person perspective in neuroscience is particularly appropriate for the study of communication. We describe how the investigation of joint language tasks can contribute to our understanding of the mechanisms underlying interaction.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , August 2013 , pp. 423 - 424
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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