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The Link between Early Iconic Gesture Comprehension and Receptive Language
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Isil Dogan; Demet Özer; Asli Aktan-Erciyes; Reyhan Furman; Ö. Ece Demir-Lira; Seyda Özçaliskan; Tilbe Göksun – Infant and Child Development, 2024
Children comprehend iconic gestures relatively later than deictic gestures. Previous research with English-learning children indicated that they could comprehend iconic gestures at 26 months, a pattern whose extension to other languages is not yet known. The present study examined Turkish-learning children's iconic gesture comprehension and its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Infants, Toddlers, Turkish
Sequence of Theory-of-Mind Acquisition in Turkish Children from Diverse Social Backgrounds
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Selcuk, Bilge; Brink, Kimberly A.; Ekerim, Muge; Wellman, Henry M. – Infant and Child Development, 2018
We examined the sequence of theory of mind (ToM) acquisition in 260 Turkish children (Mage = 53.36 months, SD = 10.37) and the demographic factors associated with it. Children came from 5 different cities in Turkey. Their ToM skills were measured using ToM Scale, which probes various mental state understandings from diverse desires to hidden…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Gender Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Foreign Countries