Selective Imitation of In-Group Over Out-Group Members in 14-Month-Old Infants

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 422-428

  Buttelmann, David ^a   Zmyj, Norbert ^b   Daum, Moritz ^c   Carpenter, Malinda ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84875298135     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01860.x     Document Type: Article

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