The role of gaze direction and mutual exclusivity in guiding 24-month-olds' word mappings

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 449-465

  Graham, Susan A ^a   Nilsen, Elizabeth S ^b   Collins, Sarah ^a   Olineck, Kara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77953383215     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151009X424565     Document Type: Article

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