Attainment of sitting and walking predicts development of productive vocabulary between ages 16 and 28 months

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 733-736

  Oudgenoeg Paz, Ora ^a   Volman, M Chiel J M ^a   Leseman, Paul P M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Independent walking; Language development; Motor development; Unsupported sitting

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; WALKING;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; POSTURE; SPEECH; VOCABULARY; WALKING;

EID: 84866077430     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2012.07.010     Document Type: Article

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