The reliability of a model influences 14-month-olds' imitation

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 208-220

  Zmyj, Norbert ^a,c   Buttelmann, David ^b   Carpenter, Malinda ^b   Daum, Moritz M ^a  

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

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Imitation; Infants; Preference; Reliability; Selective learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77952494686     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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