Gradations of emulation learning in infants' imitation of actions on objects

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 276-302

  Huang, Chi Tai ^a   Charman, Tony ^b  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affordance learning; Emulation learning; Imitation; Mimicry; Object movement reenactment; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANT; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 27744524605     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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