Is a picture worth a thousand words? The flexible nature of modality dominance in young children

Child Development

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1850-1870

  Napolitano, Amanda C ^a   Sloutsky, Vladimir M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; REWARD; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; REWARD; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 10844258952     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00821.x     Document Type: Article

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