A cognitive approach to the development of early language

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 134-150

  Rose, Susan A ^a   Feldman, Judith F ^a   Jankowski, Jeffery J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECALL; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE VALUE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SYMBOLISM;

ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; SYMBOLISM; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 59949085003     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01250.x     Document Type: Article

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