What hinders child semantic computation: Children's universal quantification and the development of cognitive control

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 919-956

  Minai, Utako ^a   Jincho, Nobuyuki ^b   Yamane, Naoto ^b   Mazuka, Reiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 84867454530     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000911000316     Document Type: Article

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