Infants prefer motionese to adult-directed action

Developmental Science

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 853-861

  Brand, Rebecca J ^a   Shallcross, Wendy L ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VISION;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 53949103146     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00734.x     Document Type: Article

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