Contingency, imitation, and affect sharing: Foundations of infants' social awareness

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 132-141

  Markova, Gabriela ^a   Legerstee, Maria ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affect; Contingency; Dyadic interactions; Imitation

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COOPERATION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANT; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AFFECT; AWARENESS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 31644450879     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.1.132     Document Type: Article

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