Infant gaze following and pointing predict accelerated vocabulary growth through two years of age: A longitudinal, growth curve modeling study

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 207-220

  Brooks, Rechele ^a   Meltzoff, Andrew N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOCABULARY;

EID: 37849035274     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S030500090700829X     Document Type: Article

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