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ERIC Number: EJ367892
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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A Reexamination of Newborns' Ability to Imitate Facial Expressions.
Kaitz, Marsha; And Others
Developmental Psychology, v24 n1 p3-7 Jan 1988
Ability of 26 newborns to imitate facial expressions was examined. When infants observed emotional facial expressions, they did not show imitative matching of the modeled expressions. However, when tongue protrusion was modeled, infants did produce the modeled gesture. (PCB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Facial Expressions, Foreign Countries, Imitation, Infant Behavior, Infants, Neonates
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Israel