Outcome-based observational learning in human infants

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-149

  Huang, Chi Tai ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Emulation; Goal attribution; Imitation; Object affordances; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84867081370     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025312     Document Type: Article

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