Gaze Following in Human Infants Depends on Communicative Signals

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 668-671

  Senju, Atsushi ^a   Csibra, Gergely ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ATTENTION; COMMUNICATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE;

EID: 43049107499     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.03.059     Document Type: Article

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