Can 9.5-month-old infants attribute to an agent a disposition to perform a particular action on objects?

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-105

  Song, Hyun joo ^a   Baillargeon, Renée ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Action comprehension; Disposition; Infant cognition; Psychological reasoning

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE VALUE; TIME; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33845565047     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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