Just a talking book? Word learning from watching baby videos

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-45

  Robb, Michael B ^a   Richert, Rebekah A ^a   Wartella, Ellen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOOK; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TELEVISION; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

BOOKS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; READING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING; VIDEO RECORDING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 67650329815     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151008X320156     Document Type: Article

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