The role of demonstrator familiarity and language cues on infant imitation from television

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 168-175

  Seehagen, Sabine ^a   Herbert, Jane S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural recall; Imitation; Infancy; Learning; Mothers; Television

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TELEVISION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MOTHERS; NARRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TELEVISION; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 77949913385     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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