Means-end behavior in young infants: The interplay of action perception and action production

Infancy

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 613-640

  Daum, Moritz M ^a   Prinz, Wolfgang ^a   Aschersleben, Gisa ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77949375443     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15250000903263965     Document Type: Article

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