Cognitive flexibility in drawings of bilingual children

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1356-1366

  Adi Japha, Esther ^a   Berberich Artzi, Jennie ^a   Libnawi, Afaf ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ART; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MULTILINGUALISM;

EID: 77956587840     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01477.x     Document Type: Article

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