Infants' perception of actions and situational constraints: An eye-tracking study

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 428-442

  Elsner, Birgit ^a   Pfeifer, Caroline ^a   Parker, Charlene ^b,c   Hauf, Petra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

13 to 15 month old infants; Eye tracking; Infant action processing; Motor resonance account; Rational action understanding; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

13- TO 15-MONTH-OLD INFANTS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT ACTION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTOR RESONANCE ACCOUNT; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RATIONAL ACTION UNDERSTANDING; VISION; VISUAL ATTENTION;

13- TO 15-MONTH-OLD INFANTS; EYE TRACKING; INFANT ACTION PROCESSING; MOTOR RESONANCE ACCOUNT; RATIONAL ACTION UNDERSTANDING; VISUAL ATTENTION;

ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84883453925     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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