People infer communicative action through an expectation for efficient communication
Humans can quickly infer when someone’s body movements are meant to be communicative. Here, the authors show that this capacity is underpinned by an expectation that communicative actions will efficiently reveal that they lack an external goal.
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-07-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31716-3 |