Six-Month-Olds Comprehend Words That Refer to Parts of the Body

Infancy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 432-444

  Tincoff, Ruth ^a   Jusczyk, Peter W ^b  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BOOK; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PERCEPTION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84861957770     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: 15327078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7078.2011.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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