Infants' sensitivity to the congruence of others' emotions and actions

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-29

  Hepach, Robert ^a   Westermann, Gert ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action understanding; Emotion processing; Generalized linear mixed models; Infancy; Pupil dilation; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; PUPIL REFLEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

ANGER; AWARENESS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84874489839     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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