Different kinds of information affect word learning in the preschool years: The case of part-term learning

Child Development

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 395-408

  Saylor, Megan M ^a   Sabbagh, Mark A ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AFFECT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 3142676361     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00682.x     Document Type: Article

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