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Vilà-Giménez, Ingrid; Dowling, Natalie; Demir-Lira, Ö. Ece; Prieto, Pilar; Goldin-Meadow, Susan – Child Development, 2021
A longitudinal study with 45 children (Hispanic, 13%; non-Hispanic, 87%) investigated whether the early production of non-referential beat and flip gestures, as opposed to referential iconic gestures, in parent-child naturalistic interactions from 14 to 58 months old predicts narrative abilities at age 5. Results revealed that only non-referential…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Verbal Ability, Parent Child Relationship, Interaction