A cross-cultural comparison of the development of the social smile. A longitudinal study of maternal and infant imitation in 6- and 12-week-old infants.

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 335-347

  Wörmann, Viktoriya ^a   Holodynski, Manfred ^a   Kärtner, Joscha ^b   Keller, Heidi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infant imitation; Maternal imitation; Social smile; Socio cultural context

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMAN; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMITATION; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NSO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMILING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84862294103     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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