Individual differences in language development: Relationship with motor skill at 21 months

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 677-691

  Alcock, Katherine J ^a   Krawczyk, Kirsty ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD LANGUAGE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR SKILLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77955759219     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00924.x     Document Type: Article

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