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Download full textNamy, Laura L. – 1997
Three experiments examined the relation between language acquisition and other symbolic abilities in 18- and 26-month old infants. Infants' ability to learn either words or symbolic gestures as names for object categories were compared across age groups. Findings indicated that infants at both ages learned novel words as symbols for object…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Infants, Language Acquisition
Adams, Cynthia – 1987
A study compared the way in which subjects belonging to four different age groups produced written recall and summary responses after being presented with a narrative story. A seventh-grade-level, 500-word story that contained 78 idea units was presented to two groups of adolescents (mean ages, 14.14 years and 17.55 years) and two groups of adults…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adults
