The Role of Social-Referential Context in Verbal and Nonverbal Symbol Learning

Child Development

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 549-563

  Campbell, Aimee L ^a   Namy, Laura L ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SYMBOLISM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 0041843664     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.7402015     Document Type: Article

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