"Like me" detection in infancy: Toward understanding other's mental states

Psychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-60

  Sanefuji, Wakako ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

"Like me"; Imitation; Infancy; Social perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 47649099882     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: 13475916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2117/psysoc.2008.46     Document Type: Article

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