Shared minds: Effects of a mother's imitation of her child on the mother-child interaction

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-157

  Sanefuji, Wakako ^a,b,d   Yamashita, Hiroshi ^c   Ohgami, Hidehiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; IMITATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650690959     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.20208     Document Type: Article

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