Preschoolers' behavioural reenactment of "failed attempts": The roles of intention-reading, emulation and mimicry

Cognitive Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-45

  Huang, Chi Tai ^a   Heyes, Cecilia ^b   Charman, Tony ^c  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emulation; Imitation; Intention reading; Mimicry; Social learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 31344458743     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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