Watch the hands: Infants can learn to follow gaze by seeing adults manipulate objects

Developmental Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 270-281

  Deák, Gedeon O ^a   Krasno, Anna M ^b   Triesch, Jochen ^c   Lewis, Joshua ^a   Sepeta, Leigh ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

^d CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAREGIVER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; PARENT; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CAREGIVERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; PARENTS; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84894446172     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12122     Document Type: Article

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