Sex differences in language first appear in gesture

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 752-760

  Özçalişkan, Şeyda ^a   Goldin Meadow, Susan ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77955755953     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00933.x     Document Type: Article

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