%0 Journal Article
%A Liebal, Katja
%A Haun, Daniel B. M.
%+ Department of Education and Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology/Languages of Emotion, Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK
Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK
Max Planck Research Group for Comparative Cognitive Anthropology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
%T The importance of comparative psychology for developmental science  : 
%G eng
%U https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0014-1CFF-0
%R 10.3233/DEV-2012-11088
%D 2012
%* Review method: peer-reviewed
%X The aim of this essay is to elucidate the relevance of cross-species comparisons for the investigation of human behavior and its development. The
focus is on the comparison of human children and another group of primates, the non-human great apes, with special attention to their cognitive
skills. Integrating a comparative and developmental perspective, we argue, can provide additional answers to central and elusive questions about
human behavior in general and its development in particular: What are the heritable predispositions of the human mind? What cognitive traits are
uniquely human? In this sense, Developmental Science would benefit from results of Comparative Psychology.
%J International Journal of Developmental Science
%V 6
%& 21
%P 21 - 23
%I IOS Press
%@ 2192-001X