Children learn when their teacher's gestures and speech differ

Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 85-89

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTURE; HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEACHING;

ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; GESTURES; HUMANS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEACHING;

EID: 14544275460     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.00786.x     Document Type: Review

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