'Like me': A foundation for social cognition

Developmental Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 126-134

  Meltzoff, Andrew N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDENTITY; IMITATION; INFANT; NEUROSCIENCE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW;

COGNITION; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROSCIENCES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33845754453     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00574.x     Document Type: Review

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