What do infants understand of others' action? A theoretical account of early social cognition

Psychological Research

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 609-622

  Uithol, Sebo ^a,b   Paulus, Markus ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84906243534     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-013-0519-3     Document Type: Review

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