The Social Side of Imitation

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-11

  Over, Harriet ^a   Carpenter, Malinda ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Group membership; Imitation; Social pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873628190     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12006     Document Type: Article

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