The Role of Frequency Information and Teleological Reasoning in Infants' and Adults' Action Prediction

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 976-983

  Paulus, Markus ^a   Hunnius, Sabine ^a   van Wijngaarden, Carolien ^a   Vrins, Sven ^a   van Rooij, Iris ^a   Bekkering, Harold ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action perception; Infancy; Social cognition; Statistical learning; Teleological reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; INTENTION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; MOVEMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958202124     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023785     Document Type: Article

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