Children's coding of human action: Cognitive factors influencing imitation in 3-year-olds

Developmental Science

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 405-414

  Gleissner, Brigitte ^a   Bekkering, Harold ^a   Meltzoff, Andrew N ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0034311260     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7687.00135     Document Type: Article

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