On the multimodal path to language: the relationship between rhythmic movements and deictic gestures at the end of the first year
We hypothesize that the multimodal rhythmic movement performed with an object in the hand can pave the way to the use of the first deictic gestures. The focus of the present study is on the transition between the " flexible coupling" and the " synchronous coupling" phases, or in other words, on the relationship between β