Learning while babbling: Prelinguistic object-directed vocalizations indicate a readiness to learn

Infancy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 362-391

  Goldstein, Michael H ^a   Schwade, Jennifer ^a   Briesch, Jacquelyn ^a   Syal, Supriya ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; MENTAL CAPACITY; SOCIAL BELIEF; VISION;

EID: 77952950619     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: 15327078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7078.2009.00020.x     Document Type: Article

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