The temporal relationship between reduction of early imitative responses and the development of attention mechanisms

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To determine whether early imitative responses fade out following the maturation of attentional mechanisms, the relationship between primitive imitation behaviors and the development of attention was examined in 4-month-old infants....

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Main Authors: Benga Oana, Sukigara Masune, Nakagawa Atsuko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2003-12-01
Series:BMC Neuroscience
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/4/33