Primacy of Information About Means Selection Over Outcome Selection in Goal Attribution by Infants

Cognitive Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 714-725

  Verschoor, Stephan ^a   Biro, Szilvia ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action understanding; Cognitive development; Concept formation; Goal attribution; Infancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTENTION; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84860563395     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2011.01215.x     Document Type: Article

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