Development of early communication skills in the first two years of life

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-83

  Beuker, Karin T ^a,b   Rommelse, Nanda N J ^a,b   Donders, Rogier ^a   Buitelaar, Jan K ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early communication; Joint attention; Language; Typical development; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIRECTING ATTENTION; EXPRESSIVE VOCABULARY; FEMALE; FOLLOWING ATTENTION; GAZE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE VOCABULARY; SHARING ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84871434283     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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