The emergence of tool use during the second year of life

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 440-446

  Rat Fischer, Lauriane ^a   O'Regan, J Kevin ^a   Fagard, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Demonstration; Development; Infants; Learning; Spatial gap; Tool use

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; TOOL USE;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84866178037     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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