Preschool children's awareness of private speech

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 537-549

  Manfra, Louis ^a   Winsler, Adam ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Preschoolers; Private speech; Self talk

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; SOCIAL BELIEF; SPEECH; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 33751577212     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025406072902     Document Type: Article

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