Selective Social Learning of Plant Edibility in 6- and 18-Month-Old Infants

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 874-882

  Wertz, Annie E ^a   Wynn, Karen ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

evolutionary psychology; food; infant development; learning; social cognition

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDIBLE PLANT; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; PLANTS, EDIBLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84898868961     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613516145     Document Type: Article

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