Sensitivity to communicative relevance tells young children what to imitate

Developmental Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1013-1019

  Southgate, Victoria ^a   Chevallier, Coralie ^b   Csibra, Gergely ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMITATION; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70350089357     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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