How do 8-month-old infants recognize causality in object motion and that in human action?

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 66-78

  Kosugi, Daisuke ^a   Fujita, Kazuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Causal reasoning; Cognitive development; Communication; Infants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036256343     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5884.00008     Document Type: Article

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