Inferring the Outcome of an Ongoing Novel Action at 13 Months

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1794-1798

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

action understanding; goal attribution; infants; prediction

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 72149098443     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017197     Document Type: Article

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