Mimicry and play initiation in 18-month-old infants

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 689-696

  Fawcett, Christine ^a,b   Liszkowski, Ulf ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Imitation; Mimicry; Play; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMITATION; INFANT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOCALIZATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84866161895     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2012.07.014     Document Type: Article

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