Symbolic play connects to language through visual object recognition

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1142-1149

  Smith, Linda B ^a   Jones, Susan S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; RECREATION; SYMBOLISM; VISION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SYMBOLISM; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 80051922639     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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