Do both pictures and words function as symbols for 18- and 24-month-old children?

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-212

  Preissler, Melissa Allen ^a,c   Carey, Susan ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 28144436630     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327647jcd0502_2     Document Type: Article

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