Can infants' orientation to social stimuli predict later joint attention skills?

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 267-282

  Schietecatte, Inge ^a   Roeyers, Herbert ^a   Warreyn, Petra ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EYE FIXATION; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNICATION; FACE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84858418845     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: 2044835X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-835X.2011.02039.x     Document Type: Article

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