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Marentette, Paula; Nicoladis, Elena – Cognition, 2011
This study explores a common assumption made in the cognitive development literature that children will treat gestures as labels for objects. Without doubt, researchers in these experiments intend to use gestures symbolically as labels. The present studies examine whether children interpret these gestures as labels. In Study 1 two-, three-, and…
Descriptors: Nouns, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Preschool Children, Cognitive Processes