Imitation of causally opaque versus causally transparent tool use by 3- and 5-year-old children

Cognitive Development

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 353-364

  McGuigan, Nicola ^a   Whiten, Andrew ^a   Flynn, Emma ^a   Horner, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causality; Children; Emulation; Imitation; Social learning; Tool use

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249040961     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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