Michael Tomasello | Scholars@Duke

Michael Tomasello
James F. Bonk Distinguished Professor

Major research interests in processes of social cognition, social learning, cooperation, and communication from developmental, comparative, and cultural perspectives. Current theoretical focus on processes of shared intentionality. Empirical research mainly with human children from 1 to 4 years of age and great apes.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

James F. Bonk Distinguished Professor, Psychology & Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2016
Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Psychology & Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2015
Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2016
Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2016

Contact Information

Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, 247 Reuben-Cooke Building, Durham, NC 27708
michael.tomasello@duke.edu (919) 660-8752
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Max Planck Institute
Tomasello Lab

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Georgia 1980
- B.A., Duke University 1972
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Professor in the Linguistics Program, Linguistics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2018 - 2022
Recognition
In the News
- JAN 16, 2023 Duke Today
  
  Even Preschoolers Can Spot a Cop-Out
- OCT 18, 2022 Duke Research Blog
  
  How to Encourage Preschoolers to Be More Fair
- JAN 26, 2022 Psychology and Neuroscience
  
  Children Challenge ‘Rule-Breakers’ Differently Across Cultures
- JUL 27, 2021
  
  Michael Tomasello Awarded Cognitive Science Prize
- MAY 27, 2021
  
  Sometimes, Even 3-Year-Olds Just Want to Fit in With the Group
- DEC 10, 2019 Duke Magazine
  
  Michael Tomasello on What Makes Us Human
- AUG 30, 2019
  
  Michael Tomasello Receives William James Book Award
- APR 8, 2019
  
  Michael Tomasello: What Makes Humans Human?
- SEP 14, 2017
  
  Even Preschoolers Play Fair, But Chimps? Not So Much.
- MAY 2, 2017
  
  Tomasello Elected to National Academy of Sciences
- APR 12, 2017
  
  Tomasello Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- OCT 6, 2016
  
  Apes Understand That Some Things Are All in Your Head
Awards & Honors
Research
Selected Grants
- Linguistic, Social, and Cognitive Determinants of Early Word Learning awarded by National Institutes of Health 2022 - 2027
- The Impact of Gossip on Children's Feelings of Belongingness awarded by National Institutes of Health 2023 - 2026
- Cross-Cultural Patterns in the Ontogeny of Cooperation awarded by Jacobs Foundation 2016 - 2024
- The Ontogeny of Cooperation awarded by Max Planck Institute 2016 - 2017
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (2020). The gestural communication of apes and monkeys (pp. 1–256). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003064541
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  - Tomasello, M. (2020). Foreword (Vol. 27, pp. VII–IX). https://doi.org/10.1075/tilar.27.for
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  - Tomasello, M. (2017). Introduction: A cognitive-functional perspective on language structure (Vol. 1, pp. vii–xxiii).
  - Tomasello, M. (2017). The new psychology of language: Cognitive and functional approaches to language structure (Vol. 1, pp. 1–292). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315085678
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  - Tomasello, M. (2016). A Natural History of Human Morality.
  - Tomasello, M. (2014). A Natural History of Human Thinking (pp. 1–192). Harvard University Press.
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  - Tomasello, M. (2014). Introduction to the classic edition (pp. vii–xiii).
  - Tomasello, M. (2014). Introduction: A cognitive-functional perspective on language structure (pp. xiv–xxix).
  - Tomasello, M. (2014). The new psychology of language: Cognitive and functional approaches to language structure, volume ii classic edition (pp. 1–278).
  - Tomasello, M. (2014). Introduction to the classic edition (pp. vii–xiii).
  - Tomasello, M. (2014). The new psychology of language: Cognitive and functional approaches to language structure, volume I classic edition (pp. 1–268).
  - Tomasello, M. (2014). Introduction: Some surprises for psychologists (pp. 1–14).
  - Slobin, D. I., & Tomasello, M. (2004). Introduction (pp. xv–xxiv). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781410611192
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- Academic Articles
  - Benozio, A., House, B. R., & Tomasello, M. (2023). Apes reciprocate food positively and negatively. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 290(1998), 20222541. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.2541
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  - Schäfer, M., B M Haun, D., & Tomasello, M. (2023). Children's consideration of collaboration and merit when making sharing decisions in private. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 228, 105609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105609
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  - Colle, L., Grosse, G., Behne, T., & Tomasello, M. (2023). Just teasing! - Infants' and toddlers' understanding of teasing interactions and its effect on social bonding. Cognition, 231, 105314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105314
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  - Hepach, R., Engelmann, J. M., Herrmann, E., Gerdemann, S. C., & Tomasello, M. (2023). Evidence for a developmental shift in the motivation underlying helping in early childhood. Developmental Science, 26(1), e13253. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13253
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  - Tomasello, M. (2023). Social cognition and metacognition in great apes: a theory. Animal Cognition, 26(1), 25–35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-022-01662-0
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  - Vasil, J., Moore, C., & Tomasello, M. (2023). Thought and language: association of groupmindedness with young English-speaking children’s production of pronouns. First Language. https://doi.org/10.1177/01427237231169398
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  - Li, L., & Tomasello, M. (2022). Disagreement, justification, and equitable moral judgments: A brief training study. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 223, 105494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105494
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  - Li, L., Tucker, A., & Tomasello, M. (2022). Young children judge defection less negatively when there's a good justification. Cognitive Development, 64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2022.101268
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  - Grueneisen, S., & Tomasello, M. (2022). How fairness and dominance guide young children's bargaining decisions. Child Development, 93(5), 1318–1333. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13757
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  - Tomasello, M. (2022). The coordination of attention and action in great apes and humans. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 377(1859), 20210093. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0093
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  - Tomasello, M. (2022). What is it like to be a chimpanzee? Synthese, 200(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-022-03574-5
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  - O’Madagain, C., Helming, K. A., Schmidt, M. F. H., Shupe, E., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (2022). Great apes and human children rationally monitor their decisions. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 289(1971), 20212686. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2686
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  - Vasil, J., & Tomasello, M. (2022). Effects of "we"-framing on young children's commitment, sharing, and helping. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 214, 105278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105278
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  - Kanngiesser, P., Schäfer, M., Herrmann, E., Zeidler, H., Haun, D., & Tomasello, M. (2022). Children across societies enforce conventional norms but in culturally variable ways. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(1), e2112521118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2112521118
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  - O’Madagain, C., & Tomasello, M. (2022). Shared intentionality, reason-giving and the evolution of human culture. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 377(1843), 20200320. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0320
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  - Tomasello, M. (2021). Knowledge-by-acquaintance before propositional knowledge/belief. The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 44, e173. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x20001387
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  - Kanngiesser, P., Mammen, M., & Tomasello, M. (2021). Young children's understanding of justifications for breaking a promise. Cognitive Development, 60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2021.101127
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  - Straka, B. C., Stanaland, A., Tomasello, M., & Gaither, S. E. (2021). Who can be in a group? 3- to 5-year-old children construe realistic social groups through mutual intentionality. Cognitive Development, 60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2021.101097
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  - Kachel, G., Moore, R., Hepach, R., & Tomasello, M. (2021). Toddlers Prefer Adults as Informants: 2- and 3-Year-Olds' Use of and Attention to Pointing Gestures From Peer and Adult Partners. Child Development, 92(4), e635–e652. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13544
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  - Tomasello, M. (2021). Response to: Rethinking Human Development and the Shared Intentionality Hypothesis. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 12(2), 465–468. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-020-00510-9
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  - Tomasello, M. (2021). Norms Require Not Just Technical Skill and Social Learning, but Real Cooperation. Analyse Und Kritik, 43(1), 219–223. https://doi.org/10.1515/auk-2021-0012
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  - O’Madagain, C., & Tomasello, M. (2021). Joint attention to mental content and the social origin of reasoning. Synthese, 198(5), 4057–4078. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-019-02327-1
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  - Wolf, W., Nafe, A., & Tomasello, M. (2021). The Development of the Liking Gap: Children Older Than 5 Years Think That Partners Evaluate Them Less Positively Than They Evaluate Their Partners. Psychological Science, 32(5), 789–798. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620980754
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  - Hepach, R., Vaish, A., Kano, F., Albiach-Serrano, A., Benziad, L., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (2021). Chimpanzees' (Pan troglodytes) internal arousal remains elevated if they cannot themselves help a conspecific. Journal of Comparative Psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983), 135(2), 196–207. https://doi.org/10.1037/com0000255
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  - Domberg, A., Tomasello, M., & Köymen, B. (2021). Collaborative reasoning in the context of group competition. Plos One, 16(2), e0246589. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246589
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  - Mammen, M., Köymen, B., & Tomasello, M. (2021). Young children's moral judgments depend on the social relationship between agents. Cognitive Development, 57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2020.100973
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  - Li, L., & Tomasello, M. (2021). On the moral functions of language. Social Cognition, 39, 99–116.
  - Li, L., Britvan, B., & Tomasello, M. (2021). Young children conform more to norms than to preferences. Plos One, 16(5), e0251228. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251228
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  - Plötner, M., Hepach, R., Over, H., Carpenter, M., & Tomasello, M. (2021). Young children share more under time pressure than after a delay. Plos One, 16(3), e0248121. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248121
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  - Siposova, B., Grueneisen, S., Helming, K., Tomasello, M., & Carpenter, M. (2021). Common knowledge that help is needed increases helping behavior in children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 201, 104973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2020.104973
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  - Köymen, B., & Tomasello, M. (2020). The Early Ontogeny of Reason Giving. Child Development Perspectives, 14(4), 215–220. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12384
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  - Sánchez-Amaro, A., Duguid, S., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (2020). Do 7-year-old children understand social leverage? Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 199, 104963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2020.104963
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  - Wolf, W., & Tomasello, M. (2020). Human children, but not great apes, become socially closer by sharing an experience in common ground. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 199, 104930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2020.104930
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  - Li, J., Hou, W., Zhu, L., & Tomasello, M. (2020). The development of intent-based moral judgment and moral behavior in the context of indirect reciprocity: A cross-cultural study. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 44(6), 525–533. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025420935636
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  - Hepach, R., & Tomasello, M. (2020). Young children show positive emotions when seeing someone get the help they deserve. Cognitive Development, 56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2020.100935
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  - Ulber, J., & Tomasello, M. (2020). Young children's prosocial responses toward peers and adults in two social contexts. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 198, 104888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2020.104888
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  - Tomasello, M. (2020). The Ontogenetic Foundations of Epistemic Norms. Episteme, 17(3), 301–315. https://doi.org/10.1017/epi.2019.50
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  - Bohn, M., Kordt, C., Braun, M., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (2020). Learning Novel Skills From Iconic Gestures: A Developmental and Evolutionary Perspective. Psychological Science, 31(7), 873–880. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620921519
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  - Gopnik, A., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Tomasello, M. (2020). Introduction to special issue: 'Life history and learning: how childhood, caregiving and old age shape cognition and culture in humans and other animals'. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 375(1803), 20190489. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0489
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  - Tomasello, M. (2020). The adaptive origins of uniquely human sociality. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 375(1803), 20190493. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0493
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  - Grueneisen, S., & Tomasello, M. (2020). The development of coordination via joint expectations for shared benefits. Developmental Psychology, 56(6), 1149–1156. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000936
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  - Hepach, R., Benziad, L., & Tomasello, M. (2020). Chimpanzees help others with what they want; children help them with what they need. Developmental Science, 23(3), e12922. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12922
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  - Köymen, B., Jurkat, S., & Tomasello, M. (2020). Preschoolers refer to direct and indirect evidence in their collaborative reasoning. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 193, 104806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2020.104806
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  - Köymen, B., O’Madagain, C., Domberg, A., & Tomasello, M. (2020). Young Children's Ability to Produce Valid and Relevant Counter-Arguments. Child Development, 91(3), 685–693. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13338
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  - Schmelz, M., Grueneisen, S., & Tomasello, M. (2020). The psychological mechanisms underlying reciprocal prosociality in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Journal of Comparative Psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983), 134(2), 149–157. https://doi.org/10.1037/com0000200
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  - Duguid, S., Wyman, E., Grueneisen, S., & Tomasello, M. (2020). The strategies used by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and children (Homo sapiens) to solve a simple coordination problem. Journal of Comparative Psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983). https://doi.org/10.1037/com0000220
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  - Tomasello, M. (2020). The many faces of obligation. The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 43, e89. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x19002620
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  - Tomasello, M. (2020). The role of roles in uniquely human cognition and sociality. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 50(1), 2–19. https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12223
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  - Kanngiesser, P., Rossano, F., Frickel, R., Tomm, A., & Tomasello, M. (2020). Children, but not great apes, respect ownership. Developmental Science, 23(1), e12842. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12842
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  - Pouscoulous, N., & Tomasello, M. (2020). Early birds: Metaphor understanding in 3-year-olds. Journal of Pragmatics, 156, 160–167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2019.05.021
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  - Wolf, W., & Tomasello, M. (2020). Watching a video together creates social closeness between children and adults. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 189, 104712. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2019.104712
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  - Hepach, R., Vaish, A., Müller, K., & Tomasello, M. (2019). Toddlers' intrinsic motivation to return help to their benefactor. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 188, 104658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2019.06.011
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  - Bohn, M., Kachel, G., & Tomasello, M. (2019). Young children spontaneously recreate core properties of language in a new modality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(51), 26072–26077. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1904871116
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  - Hardecker, S., Buryn-Weitzel, J. C., & Tomasello, M. (2019). Adult instruction limits children's flexibility in moral decision making. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 187, 104652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2019.06.005
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  - Isella, M., Kanngiesser, P., & Tomasello, M. (2019). Children's Selective Trust in Promises. Child Development, 90(6), e868–e887. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13105
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  - Kanngiesser, P., Rossano, F., Zeidler, H., Haun, D., & Tomasello, M. (2019). Children's respect for ownership across diverse societies. Developmental Psychology, 55(11), 2286–2298. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000787
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  - Mammen, M., Köymen, B., & Tomasello, M. (2019). Children's reasoning with peers and parents about moral dilemmas. Developmental Psychology, 55(11), 2324–2335. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000807
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  - Tennie, C., Völter, C. J., Vonau, V., Hanus, D., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (2019). Chimpanzees use observed temporal directionality to learn novel causal relations. Primates; Journal of Primatology, 60(6), 517–524. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-019-00754-9
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  - Zhang, Z., Grocke, P., & Tomasello, M. (2019). The influence of intention and outcome on young children's reciprocal sharing. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 187, 104645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2019.05.012
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  - Domberg, A., Köymen, B., & Tomasello, M. (2019). Children choose to reason with partners who submit to reason. Cognitive Development, 52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2019.100824
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  - Engelmann, J. M., & Tomasello, M. (2019). Respect Defended. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 23(9), 716–717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2019.06.001
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  - Kachel, U., Svetlova, M., & Tomasello, M. (2019). Three- and 5-year-old children's understanding of how to dissolve a joint commitment. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 184, 34–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2019.03.008
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  - Schmidt, M. F. H., Rakoczy, H., & Tomasello, M. (2019). Eighteen-Month-Old Infants Correct Non-Conforming Actions by Others. Infancy : The Official Journal of the International Society on Infant Studies, 24(4), 613–635. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12292
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  - Tomasello, M., & Call, J. (2019). Thirty years of great ape gestures. Animal Cognition, 22(4), 461–469. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-018-1167-1
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  - Wolf, W., & Tomasello, M. (2019). Visually attending to a video together facilitates great ape social closeness. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 286(1907), 20190488. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0488
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  - Engelmann, J. M., & Tomasello, M. (2019). Children's Sense of Fairness as Equal Respect. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 23(6), 454–463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2019.03.001
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  - Knofe, H., Engelmann, J., Tomasello, M., & Herrmann, E. (2019). Chimpanzees monopolize and children take turns in a limited resource problem. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 7597. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44096-4
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  - Tomasello, M. (2019). The moral psychology of obligation. The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 43, e56. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x19001742
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  - Melis, A. P., & Tomasello, M. (2019). Chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes) coordinate by communicating in a collaborative problem-solving task. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 286(1901), 20190408. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0408
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  - Bohn, M., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (2019). Natural reference: A phylo- and ontogenetic perspective on the comprehension of iconic gestures and vocalizations. Developmental Science, 22(2), e12757. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12757
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  - Grueneisen, S., & Tomasello, M. (2019). Children use rules to coordinate in a social dilemma. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 179, 362–374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2018.11.001
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  - Hepach, R., Vaish, A., Müller, K., & Tomasello, M. (2019). The relation between young children's physiological arousal and their motivation to help others. Neuropsychologia, 126, 113–119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.10.010
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  - Herrmann, E., Engelmann, J. M., & Tomasello, M. (2019). Children engage in competitive altruism. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 179, 176–189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2018.11.008
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  - Rapp, D. J., Engelmann, J. M., Herrmann, E., & Tomasello, M. (2019). Young children's reputational strategies in a peer group context. Developmental Psychology, 55(2), 329–336. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000639
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  - Grocke, P., Rossano, F., & Tomasello, M. (2019). Preschoolers consider (absent) others when choosing a distribution procedure. Plos One, 14(8), e0221186. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221186
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  - John, M., Duguid, S., Tomasello, M., & Melis, A. P. (2019). How chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) share the spoils with collaborators and bystanders. Plos One, 14(9), e0222795. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222795
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  - Kachel, U., & Tomasello, M. (2019). 3- and 5-year-old children's adherence to explicit and implicit joint commitments. Developmental Psychology, 55(1), 80–88. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000632
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  - Sánchez-Amaro, A., Duguid, S., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (2019). Chimpanzees and children avoid mutual defection in a social dilemma. Evolution and Human Behavior, 40(1), 46–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.07.004
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  - Siposova, B., Tomasello, M., & Carpenter, M. (2018). Communicative eye contact signals a commitment to cooperate for young children. Cognition, 179, 192–201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2018.06.010
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  - Stengelin, R., Grueneisen, S., & Tomasello, M. (2018). Why should I trust you? Investigating young children's spontaneous mistrust in potential deceivers. Cognitive Development, 48, 146–154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2018.08.006
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  - Tomasello, M. (2018). The normative turn in early moral development. Human Development, 61(4–5), 248–263. https://doi.org/10.1159/000492802
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  - Kachel, G., Moore, R., & Tomasello, M. (2018). Two-year-olds use adults' but not peers' points. Developmental Science, 21(5), e12660. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12660
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  - Kachel, U., Svetlova, M., & Tomasello, M. (2018). Three-Year-Olds' Reactions to a Partner's Failure to Perform Her Role in a Joint Commitment. Child Development, 89(5), 1691–1703. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12816
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  - Tomasello, M. (2018). Great Apes and Human Development: A Personal History. Child Development Perspectives, 12(3), 189–193. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12281
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  - Tomasello, M. (2018). HOW WE LEARNED TO PUT OUR FATE IN ONE ANOTHER'S HANDS THE ORIGINS OF MORALITY. Scientific American, 319(3), 70–75. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0918-70
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  - Bohn, M., Zimmermann, L., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (2018). The social-cognitive basis of infants' reference to absent entities. Cognition, 177, 41–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2018.03.024
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  - John, M., Melis, A. P., Read, D., Rossano, F., & Tomasello, M. (2018). The preference for scarcity: A developmental and comparative perspective. Psychology and Marketing, 35(8), 603–615. https://doi.org/10.1002/mar.21109
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  - Tomasello, M. (2018). How children come to understand false beliefs: A shared intentionality account. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(34), 8491–8498. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1804761115
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  - Tomasello, M. (2018). Precís of a natural history of human morality. Philosophical Psychology, 31(5), 661–668. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2018.1486605
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  - Tomasello, M. (2018). Response to commentators. Philosophical Psychology, 31(5), 817–829. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2018.1486604
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  - House, B. R., & Tomasello, M. (2018). Modeling social norms increasingly influences costly sharing in middle childhood. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 171, 84–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2017.12.014
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  - Hare, B., Addessi, E., Call, J., Tomasello, M., & Visalberghi, E. (2003). Do capuchin monkeys, Cebus apella, know what conspecifics do and do not see? Animal Behaviour, 65(1), 131–142. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.2002.2017
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  - Hare, B., Brown, M., Williamson, C., & Tomasello, M. (2002). The domestication of social cognition in dogs. Science (New York, N.Y.), 298(5598), 1634–1636. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1072702
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  - Carpenter, M., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (2002). Understanding "prior intentions" enables two-year-olds to imitatively learn a complex task. Child Development, 73(5), 1431–1441. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8624.00481
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  - Carpenter, M., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (2002). A new false belief test for 36-month-olds. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 20(3), 393–420. https://doi.org/10.1348/026151002320620316
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  - Hare, B., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (2001). Do chimpanzees know what conspecifics know? Animal Behaviour, 61(1), 139–151. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.2000.1518
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  - Agnetta, B., Hare, B., & Tomasello, M. (2000). Cues to food location that domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) of different ages do and do not use. Animal Cognition, 3(2), 107–112. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100710000070
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  - Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (1999). A nonverbal false belief task: the performance of children and great apes. Child Development, 70(2), 381–395. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8624.00028
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  - Hare, B., & Tomasello, M. (1999). Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) use human and conspecific social cues to locate hidden food. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 113(2). https://doi.org/10.1037//0735-7036.113.2.173
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  - Itakura, S., Agnetta, B., Hare, B., & Tomasello, M. (1999). Chimpanzee use of human and conspecific social cues to locate hidden food. Developmental Science, 2(4), 448–456. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-7687.00089
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  - Tomasello, M. (1999). The human adaptation for culture. Annual Review of Anthropology, 28, 509–529. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.anthro.28.1.509
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  - Dodson, K., & Tomasello, M. (1998). Acquiring the transitive construction in English: the role of animacy and pronouns. Journal of Child Language, 25(3), 605–622. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305000998003535
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  - Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (1998). Distinguishing intentional from accidental actions in orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus), chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), and human children (Homo sapiens). Journal of Comparative Psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983), 112(2), 192–206. https://doi.org/10.1037/0735-7036.112.2.192
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  - Visalberghi, E., & Tomasello, M. (1998). Primate causal understanding in the physical and psychological domains. Behavioural Processes, 42(2–3), 189–203. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0376-6357(97)00076-4
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  - Carpenter, M., Akhtar, N., & Tomasello, M. (1998). Fourteen- through 18-month-old infants differentially imitate intentional and accidental actions. Infant Behavior and Development, 21(2), 315–330. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0163-6383(98)90009-1
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  - Carpenter, M., Nagell, K., & Tomasello, M. (1998). Social cognition, joint attention, and communicative competence from 9 to 15 months of age. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 63(4), i–143. https://doi.org/10.2307/1166214
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  - Tomasello, M., Call, J., & Hare, B. (1998). Five primate species follow the visual gaze of conspecifics. Animal Behaviour, 55(4), 1063–1069. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1997.0636
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  - Ashley, J., & Tomasello, M. (1998). Cooperative problem-solving and teaching in preschoolers. Social Development, 7(2), 143–163. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9507.00059
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  - Boesch, C., & Tomasello, M. (1998). Chimpanzee and human cultures. Current Anthropology, 39(5), 591–614. https://doi.org/10.1086/204785
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  - Tomasello, M., Call, J., & Gluckman, A. (1997). Comprehension of novel communicative signs by apes and human children. Child Development, 68(6), 1067–1080. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1997.tb01985.x
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  - Akhtar, N., & Tomasello, M. (1997). Young children's productivity with word order and verb morphology. Developmental Psychology, 33(6), 952–965. https://doi.org/10.1037//0012-1649.33.6.952
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  - Tomasello, M., Strosberg, R., & Akhtar, N. (1996). Eighteen-month-old children learn words in non-ostensive contexts. Journal of Child Language, 23(1), 157–176. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305000900010138
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  - Akhtar, N., & Tomasello, M. (1996). Two-year-olds learn words for absent objects and actions. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 14(1), 79–93. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-835x.1996.tb00695.x
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  - Akhtar, N., Carpenter, M., & Tomasello, M. (1996). The Role of Discourse Novelty in Early Word Learning. Child Development, 67(2), 635–645. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01756.x
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  - Tomasello, M. (1996). The child's contribution to culture: A commentary on Toomela. Culture and Psychology, 2(3), 307–318. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354067X9600200306
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  - Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (1995). Use of social information in the problem solving of orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) and human children (Homo sapiens). Journal of Comparative Psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983), 109(3), 308–320. https://doi.org/10.1037/0735-7036.109.3.308
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  - Byrnl, R. W., & Tomasello, M. (1995). Do rats ape? Animal Behaviour, 50(5), 1417–1420. https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-3472(95)80056-5
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  - Carpenter, M., & Tomasello, M. (1995). Joint Attention and Imitative Learning in Children, Chimpanzees, and Enculturated Chimpanzees. Social Development, 4(3), 217–237. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.1995.tb00063.x
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  - Tomasello, M. (1995). Commentary. Human Development, 38(1), 46–52. https://doi.org/10.1159/000278298
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  - Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (1994). Production and comprehension of referential pointing by orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). Journal of Comparative Psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983), 108(4), 307–317. https://doi.org/10.1037/0735-7036.108.4.307
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  - Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (1994). The social learning of tool use by orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). Human Evolution, 9(4), 297–313. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02435516
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  - Tomasello, M., & Barton, M. (1994). Learning Words in Nonostensive Contexts. Developmental Psychology, 30(5), 639–650. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.30.5.639
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  - Tomasello, M., & Mervis, C. B. (1994). THE INSTRUMENT IS GREAT, BUT MEASURING COMPREHENSION IS STILL A PROBLEM. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 59(5), 174–179. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5834.1994.tb00186.x
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  - Tomasello, M., Call, J., Nagell, K., Olguin, R., & Carpenter, M. (1994). The learning and use of gestural signals by young chimpanzees: A trans-generational study. Primates, 35(2), 137–154. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02382050
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  - Tomasello, M., Kruger, A. C., & Ratner, H. H. (1994). The role of emotions in cultural learning. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 17(4), 782–784. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00037195
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  - Tomasello, M., & Call, J. (1994). Social cognition of monkeys and apes. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 37(19 S), 273–305. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330370610
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  - Tomasello, M., Savage-Rumbaugh, S., & Kruger, A. C. (1993). Imitative learning of actions on objects by children, chimpanzees, and enculturated chimpanzees. Child Development, 64(6), 1688–1705. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1993.tb04207.x
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  - Nagell, K., Olguin, R. S., & Tomasello, M. (1993). Processes of social learning in the tool use of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and human children (Homo sapiens). Journal of Comparative Psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983), 107(2), 174–186. https://doi.org/10.1037/0735-7036.107.2.174
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  - Olguin, R., & Tomasello, M. (1993). Twenty-five-month-old children do not have a grammatical category of verb. Cognitive Development, 8(3), 245–272. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0885-2014(93)80001-A
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  - Tomasello, M. (1993). It's imitation, not mimesis. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 16(4), 771–772. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00032921
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  - Tomasello, M., Kruger, A. C., & Ratner, H. H. (1993). Cultural learning. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 16(3), 495–552. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x0003123x
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  - Tomasello, M., & Kruger, A. C. (1992). Joint attention on actions: acquiring verbs in ostensive and non-ostensive contexts. Journal of Child Language, 19(2), 311–333. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305000900011430
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  - Mannle, S., Barton, M., & Tomasello, M. (1992). Two-year-olds' conversations with their mothers and preschool-aged siblings. First Language, 12(34), 57–71. https://doi.org/10.1177/014272379201203404
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  - SECULES, T., HERRON, C., & TOMASELLO, M. (1992). The Effect of Video Context on Foreign Language Learning. The Modern Language Journal, 76(4), 480–490. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4781.1992.tb05396.x
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  - Tomasello, M., Conti-Ramsden, G., & Ewert, B. (1990). Young children's conversations with their mothers and fathers: differences in breakdown and repair. Journal of Child Language, 17(1), 115–130. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305000900013131
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  - Tomasello, M., Gust, D. A., & Evans, A. (1990). Peer interaction in infant chimpanzees. Folia Primatologica; International Journal of Primatology, 55(1), 33–40. https://doi.org/10.1159/000156495
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  - Snow, C. E., & Tomasello, M. (1989). Data on language input: Incomprehensible omission indeed!. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 12(2), 357–358. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00049104
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  - Tomasello, M., Gust, D., & Frost, G. T. (1989). A longitudinal investigation of gestural communication in young chimpanzees. Primates, 30(1), 35–50. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02381209
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  - Tomasello, M., Mannle, S., & Werdenschlag, L. (1988). The effect of previously learned words on the child's acquisition of words for similar referents. Journal of Child Language, 15(3), 505–515. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305000900012538
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  - Tomasello, M. (1988). The role of joint attentional processes in early language development. Language Sciences, 10(1), 69–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/0388-0001(88)90006-X
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  - Tomasello, M., Davis-Dasilva, M., Camak, L., & Bard, K. (1987). Observational learning of tool-use by young chimpanzees. Human Evolution, 2(2), 175–183. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02436405
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  - Tomasello, M. (1987). Learning to use prepositions: a case study. Journal of Child Language, 14(1), 79–98. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305000900012745
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  - Tomasello, M. (1987). Why the left hand? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 10(2), 286–287. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00047919
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  - Tomasello, M., & Farrar, M. J. (1986). Joint attention and early language. Child Development, 57(6), 1454–1463. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1986.tb00470.x
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  - Tomasello, M., & Farrar, M. J. (1986). Object permanence and relational words: a lexical training study. Journal of Child Language, 13(3), 495–505. https://doi.org/10.1017/s030500090000684x
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  - Kruger, A. C., & Tomasello, M. (1986). Transactive Discussions With Peers and Adults. Developmental Psychology, 22(5), 681–685. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.22.5.681
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  - Tomasello, M., Mannle, S., & Kruger, A. C. (1986). Linguistic Environment of 1- to 2-Year-Old Twins. Developmental Psychology, 22(2), 169–176. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.22.2.169
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  - Anselmi, D., Tomasello, M., & Acunzo, M. (1986). Young children's responses to neutral and specific contingent queries. Journal of Child Language, 13(1), 135–144. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305000900000349
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  - Evans, A., & Tomasello, M. (1986). Evidence for social referencing in young chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Folia Primatologica; International Journal of Primatology, 47(1), 49–54. https://doi.org/10.1159/000156263
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  - Tomasello, M., George, B. L., Kruger, A. C., Jeffrey, M., Farrar, ., & Evans, A. (1985). The development of gestural communication in young chimpanzees. Journal of Human Evolution, 14(2), 175–186. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2484(85)80005-1
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  - Tomasello, M., & Farrar, M. J. (1984). Cognitive bases of lexical development: object permanence and relational words. Journal of Child Language, 11(3), 477–493. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305000900005900
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  - Tomasello, M., Farrar, M. J., & Dines, J. (1984). Children's speech revisions for a familiar and an unfamiliar adult. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 27(3), 359–363. https://doi.org/10.1044/jshr.2703.359
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  - George, B. L., & Tomasello, M. (1984). The effect of variation in sentence length on young children's attention and comprehension. First Language, 5(14), 115–127. https://doi.org/10.1177/014272378400501403
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  - Tomasello, M. (1984). Young children's coordination of gestural and linguistic reference. First Language, 5(15), 199–209. https://doi.org/10.1177/014272378400501503
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  - Tomasello, M. (1983). Joint attention and lexical acquisition style. First Language, 4(12), 197–211. https://doi.org/10.1177/014272378300401202
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  - Melis, A., Grocke, P., Kalbitz, J., & Tomasello, M. (n.d.). One for you, one for me: Humans' unique turn-taking skills. Psychological Science, 27(7), 987–996. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797616644070
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  - Vaish, A., & Tomasello, M. (2022). THE EARLY ONTOGENY OF HUMAN COOPERATION AND MORALITY. In Handbook of Moral Development, Third Edition (pp. 200–216). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003047247-16
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  - Mannle, S., & Tomasello, M. (2021). Fathers, siblings, and the bridge hypothesis. In Children’s Language: Volume 6 (pp. 23–41). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315792668-2
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  - Tomasello, M. (2020). Why don't apes point? In Roots of Human Sociality: Culture, Cognition and Interaction (pp. 506–524).
  - Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (2020). The gestural repertoire of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). In The Gestural Communication of Apes and Monkeys (pp. 17–39).
  - Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (2020). Comparing the gestures of apes and monkeys. In The Gestural Communication of Apes and Monkeys (pp. 197–220).
  - Tomasello, M., & Call, J. (2020). Ape gestures and the origins of language. In The Gestural Communication of Apes and Monkeys (pp. 221–239).
  - Tomasello, M., & Call, J. (2020). Introduction: Intentional communication in nonhuman primates. In The Gestural Communication of Apes and Monkeys (pp. 1–15).
  - Jensen, K., & Tomasello, M. (2019). Punishment. In Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (pp. 214–221). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.01093-1
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  - Tomasello, M. (2018). What did we learn from theape language studies? In Bonobos: Unique in Mind, Brain, and Behavior (pp. 95–104). https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198728511.003.0007
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  - Rakoczy, H., Tomasello, M., & Striano, T. (2017). How children turn objects into symbols: A cultural learning account. In Symbol Use and Symbolic Representation: Developmental and Comparative Perspectives (pp. 69–97).
  - Engelmann, J. M., & Tomasello, M. (2017). The Middle Step: Joint Intentionality as a Human-Unique Form of Second-Personal Engagement. In The Routledge Handbook of Collective Intentionality (pp. 433–446). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315768571-41
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  - Engelmann, J., & Tomasello, M. (2017). Prosociality and morality in children and chimpanzees. In New Perspectives on Moral Development (pp. 15–32). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315642758
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  - Quick, A. E., Lieven, E., & Tomasello, M. (2016). Mixed NPs in German-English and German-Russian bilingual children. In Cognitive Perspectives on Bilingualism (pp. 127–146).
  - Matthews, D., & Tomasello, M. (2016). Grammar. In The Curated Reference Collection in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology (pp. 38–50). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.05819-3
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  - Vaish, A., & Tomasello, M. (2013). The early ontogeny of human cooperation and morality. In Handbook of Moral Development, Second Edition (pp. 279–298). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203581957
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  - Tomasello, M. (2012). Cognitive Linguistics and First Language Acquisition. In The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199738632.013.0041
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  - Wyman, E., & Tomasello, M. (2012). The ontogenetic origins of human cooperation. In Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198568308.013.0017
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  - Lohmann, H., Tomasello, M., & Meyer, S. (2012). Linguistic Communication and Social Understanding. In Why Language Matters for Theory of Mind. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195159912.003.0012
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  - Tomasello, M., & Call, J. (2012). Do chimpanzees know what others see-or only what they are looking at? In Rational Animals? https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198528272.003.0017
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  - Behne, T., Carpenter, M., Gräfenhain, M., Liebal, K., Liszkowski, U., Moll, H., … Wyman, E. (2012). Cultural learning and cultural creation. In Social Life and Social Knowledge: Toward a Process Account of Development (pp. 65–101). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203809587
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  - Tomasello, M. (2010). Human Culture in Evolutionary Perspective. In Advances in Culture and Psychology (Vol. 1). https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195380392.003.0001
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  - Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (2010). What Chimpanzees Know about Seeing, Revisited: An Explanation of the Third Kind. In Joint Attention Communication and Other Minds: Issues in Philosophy and Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199245635.003.0003
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  - Tomasello, M. (2010). Language Development. In The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development, Second edition (pp. 239–257). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444325485.ch9
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  - Akhtar, N., & Tomasello, M. (2010). The Social Nature of Words and Word Learning. In Becoming a Word Learner: A Debate on Lexical Acquisition. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195130324.003.005
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  - Childers, J. B., & Tomasello, M. (2010). Are Nouns Easier to Learn Than Verbs? Three Experimental Studies. In Action Meets Word: How Children Learn Verbs. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195170009.003.0013
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  - Golinkoff, R. M., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Bloom, L., Smith, L. B., Woodward, A. L., Akhtar, N., … Hollich, G. (2010). Counterpoint commentary. In Becoming a Word Learner: A Debate on Lexical Acquisition. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195130324.003.007
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  - Tomasello, M. (2010). On the Different Origins of Symbols and Grammar. In Language Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199244843.003.0006
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  - Tomasello, M., & Moll, H. (2010). The gap is social: Human shared intentionality and culture. In Mind the Gap: Tracing the Origins of Human Universals (pp. 331–349). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02725-3_16
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  - Jensen, K., & Tomasello, M. (2009). Punishment. In Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (pp. 800–805). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-045337-8.00106-6
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  - Tomasello, M. (2008). First steps toward a usage-based theory of language acquisition. In Cognitive Linguistics: Basic Readings (pp. 439–458).
  - Kruger, A. C., & Tomasello, M. (2008). Cultural Learning and Learning Culture. In The Handbook of Education and Human Development: New Models of Learning, Teaching and Schooling (pp. 353–372). https://doi.org/10.1111/b.9780631211860.1998.00018.x
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  - Tomasello, M. (2008). Cognitive Linguistics. In A Companion to Cognitive Science (pp. 477–487). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405164535.ch37
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  - Tomasello, M. (2008). Cultural transmission: A view from chimpanzees and human infants. In Cultural Transmission: Psychological, Developmental, Social, and Methodological Aspects (pp. 33–47). https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511804670.004
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  - Lieven, E., & Tomasello, M. (2008). CHILDREN’S FIRST LANGUAGE ACQUISITION FROM A USAGE-BASED PERSPECTIVE¹. In Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition (pp. 168–196). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203938560-16
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  - Tomasello, M. (1995). Understanding the self as social agent. In Advances in Psychology (Vol. 112, pp. 449–460). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0166-4115(05)80024-X
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  - Sanchez-Amaro, A., Duguid, S., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (2018). Coordination Strategies of Chimpanzees and Children in a Prisoner's Dilemma. In Folia Primatologica (Vol. 89, pp. 186–186). KARGER.
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  - Krupenye, C., Kano, F., Hirata, S., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (2016). Great apes anticipate actions based on agents' (false) beliefs. In International Journal of Psychology (Vol. 51, pp. 255–255). ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD.
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  - Bara, B. G., Chater, N., Tomasello, M., & Varley, R. (2013). Symposium Communicative Intentions in the Mind/Brain. In Cooperative Minds: Social Interaction and Group Dynamics Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Cogsci 2013 (pp. 65–66).
  - Call, J., Goldin-Meadow, S., Hobaiter, C., Liebal, K., & Tomasello, M. (2013). Language and Gesture Evolution. In Cooperative Minds: Social Interaction and Group Dynamics Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Cogsci 2013 (pp. 57–58).
  - Wobber, V., Herrmann, E., Hare, B., Wrangham, R., & Tomasello, M. (2011). Species differences in the rate of cognitive ontogeny among humans, chimpanzees, and bonobos. In American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Vol. 144, pp. 313–314). Minneapolis, MN: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
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  - Moll, H., & Tomasello, M. (2007). Cooperation and human cognition: the Vygotskian intelligence hypothesis. In Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences (Vol. 362, pp. 639–648). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2006.2000
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