Fourteen-Month-Olds' Imitation of Differently Aged Models

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 250-266

  Zmyj, Norbert ^a,b   Daum, Moritz M ^a   Prinz, Wolfgang ^a   Nielsen, Mark ^c   Aschersleben, Gisa ^d  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Imitation; Infants; Novelty; Peers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860578452     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.750     Document Type: Article

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