Breaking the barrier? Children fail to translate their preverbal memories into language

Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 225-231

  Simcock, Gabrielle ^a   Hayne, Harlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEMORY; TIME FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0036583387     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00442     Document Type: Article

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