Age-related changes in deferred imitation from television by 6- to 18-month-olds

Developmental Science

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 910-921

  Barr, Rachel ^a   Muentener, Paul ^a   Garcia, Amaya ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANT; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; TELEVISION; VIDEORECORDING;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; LEARNING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TELEVISION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 35548941411     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00641.x     Document Type: Article

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