A cross-national investigation of the relationship between infant walking and language development

Infancy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 283-305

  He, Minxuan ^a   Walle, Eric A ^b   Campos, Joseph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 84926251303     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: 15327078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/infa.12071     Document Type: Article

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