Attending to what matters: Flexibility in adults' and infants' action perception

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 856-872

  Loucks, Jeff ^a   Sommerville, Jessica A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Action observation; Action prediction; Attention; Intention; Motor representations; Perceptual selection

Indexed keywords

ACTION OBSERVATION; ACTION PREDICTION; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR REPRESENTATIONS; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL SELECTION; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTION OBSERVATION; ACTION PREDICTION; ATTENTION; INTENTION; MOTOR REPRESENTATIONS; PERCEPTUAL SELECTION;

ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884554448     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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