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Peer reviewedGoodwyn, Susan W.; Acredolo, Linda P. – Child Development, 1993
Infants were exposed to symbolic gestures from their parents beginning at 11 months of age. In bimonthly interviews, mothers reported their infants' use of gestures and words. Results indicated a smaller but reliable difference between the onset of infants' use of symbolic gesture and the onset of their use of words than earlier research…
Descriptors: Body Language, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Infants
Peer reviewedSigman, Marian; Mundy, Peter – New Directions for Child Development, 1987
Demonstrates that young autistic children suffer from deficits in social understanding and symbolic representations of other individuals. Data suggest that the core deficit appears to lie at the intersection of representational abilities and social experiences. (RWB)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Body Language, Child Language
Peer reviewedRobinshaw, Helen M. – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Case studies examined impact of early intervention on the rate of acquisition of communicative and linguistic behaviors for a small group of severely and profoundly deaf infants. Found that infants who were diagnosed and used amplification by six months of age acquired vocal and linguistic skills at an age more comparable to hearing peers than did…
Descriptors: Body Language, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills
