Young children use their hands to tell their mothers what to say

Developmental Science

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 778-785

  Goldin Meadow, Susan ^a   Goodrich, Whitney ^a   Sauer, Eve ^a   Iverson, Jana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION;

CHILD; CUES; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS;

EID: 35548936524     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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