Preverbal infants identify emotional reactions that are incongruent with goal outcomes

Cognition

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 204-216

  Skerry, Amy E ^a   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Emotion; Goal inference; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; AGING; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84890085321     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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