A Comparison between Children's and Adults' Ability to Detect Conceptual Information Conveyed through Representational Gestures

Child Development

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-93

  Kelly, Spencer D ^a   Church, R Breckinridge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GESTURE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SPEECH;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; GESTURES; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; SPEECH;

EID: 0031989539     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1998.tb06135.x     Document Type: Article

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