The development of imitation in infancy

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1528, 2009, Pages 2325-2335

  Jones, Susan S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic systems; Human development; Imitation; Infancy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DATA SET; HOMINID; IMITATION; NEONATE; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 68549083409     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0045     Document Type: Article

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