The importance of the eyes: Communication skills in infants of blind parents

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1760, 2013, Pages

  Senju, Atsushi ^a   Tucker, Leslie ^a   Pasco, Greg ^b   Hudry, Kristelle ^c   Elsabbagh, Mayada ^d   Charman, Tony ^b   Johnson, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Infant development; Parent child interaction; Social cognition; Social communication; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BLINDNESS; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; EYE; MEMORY; NEONATE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION;

EID: 84875970862     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0436     Document Type: Article

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