Toddlers' gaze following through attention modulation: Intention is in the eye of the beholder

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 443-452

  De Bordes, Pieter F ^a   Cox, Ralf F A ^b   Hasselman, Fred ^c   Cillessen, Antonius H N ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; CONSPEC; Gaze following; Intention; Natural pedagogy; Ostensive cues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONSPEC; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; GAZE FOLLOWING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NATURAL PEDAGOGY; OSTENSIVE CUES; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

ATTENTION; CONSPEC; GAZE FOLLOWING; INTENTION; NATURAL PEDAGOGY; OSTENSIVE CUES;

ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTENTION; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SACCADES;

EID: 84883461923     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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