From Children's Hands to Adults' Ears: Gesture's Role in the Learning Process

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 509-520

  Goldin Meadow, Susan ^a   Singer, Melissa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COOPERATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REINFORCEMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTURES; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0141753140     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.39.3.509     Document Type: Article

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