Infants' goal anticipation during failed and successful reaching actions

Developmental Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-34

  Brandone, Amanda C ^a   Horwitz, Suzanne R ^b   Aslin, Richard N ^c   Wellman, Henry M ^d  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; GOALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890546727     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12095     Document Type: Article

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