Ten-month-old infants use prior information to identify an actor's goal

Developmental Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 314-325

  Sommerville, Jessica A ^a   Crane, Catharyn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTIVATION;

COMPREHENSION; GOALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTENTION;

EID: 58449108099     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00787.x     Document Type: Article

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