Maternal Gesture Use and Language Development in Infant Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 4-14

  Talbott, Meagan R ^a   Nelson, Charles A ^b,c,d   Tager Flusberg, Helen ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Gesture; Infant siblings; Language

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SIBLING;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 84875923137     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-013-1820-0     Document Type: Article

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