Processes of language acquisition in children with autism: Evidence from preferential looking

Child Development

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 542-557

  Swensen, Lauren D ^a   Kelley, Elizabeth ^a   Fein, Deborah ^a   Naigles, Letitia R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33947535308     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01022.x     Document Type: Article

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