Is newborn imitation developmentally homologous to later social-cognitive skills?

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-58

  Suddendorf, Thomas ^a   Oostenbroek, Janine ^a   Nielsen, Mark ^a   Slaughter, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developmental homology; Imitation; Infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84871191370     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21005     Document Type: Article

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