The Concept of Joint Attention, Pointing, Theory of Mind

The capacity for joint attention, pointing, theory of mind is intimately related to symbol. An rightof pointing, in a way, is actually the very first symbol. A lot of animals don't get pointing,. including apes, they don't really get it. They don't have a theory of mind. And so therefore, when i see the dark clouds, then i will have the expectation it will bring to mind that n is coming around. D you can kind of see how this is moving forward toward symbolism.