Language-related motion event similarities in English- and Spanish-speaking children

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 403-425

  Hohenstein, Jill M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; BOY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GIRL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; THINKING; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 33645243921     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327647jcd0603_5     Document Type: Article

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