The effect of learning experiences and context on infant imitation and generalization

Infancy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 596-619

  Jones, Emily J H ^a   Herbert, Jane S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMITATION; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 57049125651     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15250000802458773     Document Type: Article

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