The social modulation of imitation fidelity in school-age children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Marsh, Lauren E ^a,b   Ropar, Danielle ^a   De C Hamilton, Antonia F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMITATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84899801797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086127     Document Type: Article

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