Fourteen- through 18-month-old infants differentially imitate intentional and accidental actions

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 315-330

  Carpenter, Malinda ^a   Akhtar, Nameera ^b   Tomasello, Michael ^c  

^a Malinda Carpenter   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Accident; Imitation; Intention; Understanding of intentions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000705584     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(98)90009-1     Document Type: Article

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