Re-enacting intended acts: Comparing 12- and 18-month-olds

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 277-282

  Bellagamba, Francesca ^b   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Imitation intentionality social cognition theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001543878     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(99)00002-8     Document Type: Article

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