Putting language back in the body: Speech and gesture on three time frames

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 323-349

  Kelly, Spencer D ^a   Iverson, Jana M ^a   Terranova, Joseph ^a   Niego, Julia ^a   Hopkins, Michael ^a   Goldsmith, Leslie ^a  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; EVOLUTION; GESTURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUND; SPEECH;

EID: 0036401014     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326942dn2201_1     Document Type: Review

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