Twelve- and 18-month-olds copy actions in terms of goals

Developmental Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Carpenter, Malinda ^a   Call, Josep ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; MOVEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 12844275421     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2004.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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