Gesture paves the way for language development

Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 367-371

  Iverson, Jana M ^a,c   Goldin Meadow, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; VIDEORECORDING;

CHILD LANGUAGE; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 19844372794     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.01542.x     Document Type: Article

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