The effects of modelling, local stimulus enhancement, and affordance demonstration on the production of object-directed actions in 6-month-old infants

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-281

  Horne, Pauline J ^a   Erjavec, Mihela ^a   Lovett, Victoria E ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTENTION; LEARNING; MALE; MOVEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 67249088802     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151008X297126     Document Type: Article

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