Hand preference for pointing gestures and bimanual manipulation around the vocabulary spurt period

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 393-407

  Cochet, Hélène ^a   Jover, Marianne ^a   Vauclair, Jacques ^a  

^a University of Provence Aix Marseille University   (France)

Author keywords

Bimanual manipulation; Declarative pointing; Handedness; Imperative pointing; Language development; Lexical spurt

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTURE; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GESTURES; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VOCABULARY;

EID: 79960466734     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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