Verbal encouragement and joint attention in 18-month-old infants

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-134

  Flom, Ross ^a   Pick, Anne D ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Gaze following; Joint attention; Perceptual development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZATION; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0037397252     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(03)00012-2     Document Type: Article

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