Treating Another's Actions as One's Own: Children's Memory of and Learning From Joint Activity

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1003-1018

  Sommerville, Jessica A ^a   Hammond, Amy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CENTENARY COLLEGE OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

Author keywords

memory development; memory for actions; mirror system; source monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 34548183548     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.4.1003     Document Type: Article

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