Neonatal imitation predicts how infants engage with faces

Developmental Science

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 833-840

  Paukner, Annika ^a   Simpson, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Ferrari, Pier F ^b   Mrozek, Timothy ^a   Suomi, Stephen J ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE; FEMALE; GESTURE; IMITATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FEMALE; GESTURES; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 84937633915     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12207     Document Type: Article

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