Speed of word recognition and vocabulary knowledge in infancy predict cognitive and language outcomes in later childhood: Fast-Track Report

Developmental Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Marchman, Virginia A ^a   Fernald, Anne ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MEMORY; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 43449122183     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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