Failure to learn from feedback underlies word learning difficulties in toddlers at risk for autism

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-46

  Bedford, R ^a   Gliga, T ^b   Frame, K ^a   Hudry, K ^c   Chandler, S ^a   Johnson, M H ^b   Charman, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTISM; DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84870903640     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000912000086     Document Type: Article

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