A claw is like my hand: Comparison supports goal analysis in infants

Cognition

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-192

  Gerson, Sarah A ^a   Woodward, Amanda L ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Action understanding; Analogical reasoning; Cognitive development; Infancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL LIFE;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; INTENTION; MALE;

EID: 84155165033     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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