Early gesture selectively predicts later language learning

Developmental Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 182-187

  Rowe, Meredith L ^a   Goldin Meadow, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SPEECH; VOCABULARY;

EID: 57849136482     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00764.x     Document Type: Article

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