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Direct linkTincoff, Ruth; Seidl, Amanda; Buckley, Lauren; Wojcik, Christa; Cristia, Alejandrina – Language Learning and Development, 2019
Touch cues might facilitate infants' early word comprehension and explain the early understanding of body part words. Parents were instructed to teach their infants, 4- to 5-month-olds or 10- to 11-month-olds, nonce words for body parts and a contrast object. Importantly, they were given no instructions about the use of touch. Parents…
Descriptors: Infants, Cues, Human Body, Comprehension
Seidl, Amanda; Tincoff, Ruth; Baker, Christopher; Cristia, Alejandrina – Developmental Science, 2015
The lexicon of 6-month-olds is comprised of names and body part words. Unlike names, body part words do not often occur in isolation in the input. This presents a puzzle: How have infants been able to pull out these words from the continuous stream of speech at such a young age? We hypothesize that caregivers' interactions directed at and on…
Descriptors: Infants, Human Body, Verbal Communication, Interaction
