Two-year-olds are vigilant of others' non-verbal cues to credibility

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 363-369

  Birch, Susan A J ^a   Akmal, Nazanin ^a   Frampton, Kristen L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; HUMAN; IMITATION; LEARNING; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CUES; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 76949100115     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00906.x     Document Type: Article

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