Interference from additional props in an elicited imitation task: When in sight, firmly in mind

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 325-363

  Wiebe, Sandra A ^a,b   Bauer, Patricia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BOY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; FEMALE; GIRL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMITATION; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33645219293     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327647jcd0603_2     Document Type: Article

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