Being mimicked increases prosocial behavior in 18-month-old infants

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1511-1518

  Carpenter, Malinda ^a   Uebel, Johanna ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMITATION; INFANT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE;

EID: 84883433068     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12083     Document Type: Article

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