Early deictic but not other gestures predict later vocabulary in both typical development and autism

Autism

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 754-763

  Özçalisikan, Seyda ^a   Adamson, Lauren B ^a   Dimitrova, Nevena ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorders; communication and language; development; gesture; vocabulary development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; ORAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; INFANT; PSYCHOLOGY; VOCABULARY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84977579041     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361315605921     Document Type: Article

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