Infants infer intentions from prosody

Cognitive Development

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Sakkalou, Elena ^a   Gattis, Merideth ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imitation; Intentions; Mental state understanding; Prosody

Indexed keywords

EID: 84155163984     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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