Object Similarity Bootstraps Young Children to Action-Based Verb Extension

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 674-686

  Haryu, Etsuko ^a   Imai, Mutsumi ^b   Okada, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 79953015942     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01567.x     Document Type: Article

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