Learning from gesture: How early does it happen?

Cognition

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 138-147

  Novack, Miriam A ^a   Goldin Meadow, Susan ^a   Woodward, Amanda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Action; Gesture; Iconicity; Imitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GESTURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMITATION; LEARNING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; AGE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD;

EID: 84931268166     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2015.05.018     Document Type: Article

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