Imitation of tongue protrusion in human neonates: Specificity of the response in a large sample

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1628-1638

  Nagy, Emese ^a   Pilling, Karen ^a   Orvos, Hajnalka ^b   Molnar, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Imitation; Neonatal imitation; Newborns; State of arousal; Tongue protrusion

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; TONGUE;

AROUSAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOVEMENT; TONGUE;

EID: 84883542843     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031127     Document Type: Article

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