Picture naming by young children: Norms for name agreement, familiarity, and visual complexity

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-237

  Cycowicz, Yael M ^a   Friedman, David ^b   Rothstein, Mairav ^b   Snodgrass, Joan Gay ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMANTICS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031135918     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1996.2356     Document Type: Article

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