Preschoolers' perspective taking in word learning: Do they blindly follow eye gaze?: Research report

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-215

  Nurmsoo, Erika ^a,b   Bloom, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; VISION;

ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 40249108653     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02069.x     Document Type: Article

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