U-shaped interest in U-shaped development - And what it means

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Siegler, Robert S ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CREATIVITY; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; FACIES; GESTURE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; REVIEW; WRITTEN LANGUAGE;

EID: 29344442402     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327647jcd0501_1     Document Type: Review

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