Naming and categorization in young children: V. manual sign training

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-381

  Horne, Pauline J ^a,b   Lowe, C Fergus ^a   Harris, Fay D A ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Categorization; Category match to sample; Children; Manual signing; Tacting; Transfer of function; Verbal behavior; Vocal naming

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SIGN LANGUAGE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEMANTICS; SIGN LANGUAGE; VOCABULARY;

EID: 34249846102     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2007.52-06     Document Type: Article

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