Pretend play, mirror self-recognition and imitation: A longitudinal investigation through the second year

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 342-365

  Nielsen, Mark ^a   Dissanayake, Cheryl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Imitation; Infancy; Pretend play; Secondary representation; Self recognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDENTITY; IMITATION; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY;

EID: 4644327958     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2003.12.006     Document Type: Article

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