Gesture and narrative in social cognition

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Empirical research shows that gesture and facial expression are important elements already at work in the primary intersubjectivity of early infancy. They not only facilitate emotional communication, they reference pragmatic and social contexts and generate meaning. These elements do not disappear with maturity, but continue to play their role in our understanding of others. With the acquisition of language, narrative competence comes to play a similar role and allows for a more nuanced and sophisticated form of understanding. Considerations about the roles of gesture and narrative provide support for the critique of standard theory-of-mind approaches to social cognition.

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