Infant brain responses to object weight: Exploring goal-directed actions and self-experience

Infancy

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 942-960

  Marshall, Peter J ^a   Saby, Joni N ^a   Meltzoff, Andrew N ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN RESPONSE; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANCY; MU RHYTHM; OBJECT WEIGHT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WEIGHT;

EID: 84885033163     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: 15327078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/infa.12012     Document Type: Article

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