The link between infant attention to goal-directed action and later theory of mind abilities

Developmental Science

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 862-868

  Aschersleben, Gisa ^a   Hofer, Tanja ^b   Jovanovic, Bianca ^c  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Consultorio Familiare Alto Adige ^*  (Italy)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; VISION;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 53949116574     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00736.x     Document Type: Article

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