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Abu-Zhaya, Rana; Seidl, Amanda; Cristia, Alejandrina – Journal of Child Language, 2017
Both touch and speech independently have been shown to play an important role in infant development. However, little is known about how they may be combined in the input to the child. We examined the use of touch and speech together by having mothers read their 5-month-olds books about body parts and animals. Results suggest that speech+touch…
Descriptors: Infants, Child Development, Tactual Perception, Reading Aloud to Others