Linking Gestures: Cross-Cultural Variation During Instructional Analogies

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 295-321

  Richland, Lindsey Engle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84949491429     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07370008.2015.1091459     Document Type: Article

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