The effect of event structure on imitation in infancy: Practice makes perfect?

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 253-257

  Barr, Rachel ^b   Hayne, Harlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Memory deferred imitation event structure practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030117798     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(96)90024-7     Document Type: Article

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