Goal anticipation during action observation is influenced by synonymous action capabilities, a puzzling developmental study

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 493-497

  Gredebäck, Gustaf ^a   Kochukhova, Olga ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Action; Anticipation; Development; Direct matching; Eye tracking; Observation; Prediction; Teleological reasoning

Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PLAY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TODDLER;

AGING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951092320     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-2138-1     Document Type: Article

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