Object retrieval through observational learning in 8- to 18-month-old infants

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 695-699

  Esseily, R ^a   Nadel, J ^b   Fagard, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Infants; Object retrieval; Observational learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANCY; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 78649841598     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.07.017     Document Type: Article

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