Twelve-month-olds' vocal production during pointing in naturalistic interactions: Sensitivity to parents' attention and responses

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 773-778

  Gros Louis, Julie ^a   Wu, Zhen ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver responsiveness; Pointing; Prelinguistic communication; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VOCALIZATION;

ATTENTION; CHILD LANGUAGE; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84866077638     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2012.07.016     Document Type: Article

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