On the persistence of private speech: Empirical and theoretical considerations

Private Speech, Executive Functioning, and the Development of Verbal Self-Regulation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 176-187

  Duncan, Robert ^a   Tarulli, Donato ^b  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511581533.015     Document Type: Chapter

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