Factors affecting children's graphic symbol use in the third year: Language, similarity, and iconicity

Cognitive Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-214

  Callaghan, Tara C ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development of graphic representations; Graphic symbols; Symbolic development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041410215     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0885-2014(00)00026-5     Document Type: Article

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