First things first: Infants make good use of the sympathetic rhythm of imitation, without reason or language

Journal of Child Psychotherapy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-113

  Trevarthen, Colwyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Companionship; Imitations and provocations; Infant sociability; Mirror responses and sympathy; Motivation; Musicality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COOPERATION; EMOTION; GAME; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTUITION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEWBORN; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; SKILL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRUST;

EID: 18944383091     PISSN: 0075417X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00754170500079651     Document Type: Article

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