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Bang, Janet Y.; Bohn, Manuel; Ramírez, Joel, Jr.; Marchman, Virginia A.; Fernald, Anne – Developmental Science, 2023
Variation in how frequently caregivers engage with their children is associated with variation in children's later language outcomes. One explanation for this link is that caregivers use both verbal behaviors, such as labels, and non-verbal behaviors, such as gestures, to help children establish reference to objects or events in the world.…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Spanish Speaking, Toddlers, Nonverbal Communication
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Marchman, Virginia A.; Fernald, Anne – Developmental Science, 2008
The nature of predictive relations between early language and later cognitive function is a fundamental question in research on human cognition. In a longitudinal study assessing speed of language processing in infancy, Fernald, Perfors and Marchman (2006 ) found that reaction time at 25 months was strongly related to lexical and grammatical…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Infants, Short Term Memory, Word Recognition