Doing gesture promotes learning a mental transformation task better than seeing gesture

Developmental Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 876-884

  Goldin Meadow, Susan ^a   Levine, Susan C ^a   Zinchenko, Elena ^a   Yip, Terina Kuangyi ^a   Hemani, Naureen ^a   Factor, Laiah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84868204441     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2012.01185.x     Document Type: Article

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