Embodied attention and word learning by toddlers

2012/08/09 by Chen Yu, Linda B. Smith · 507 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Action Observation and Synchronization #Artificial intelligence #Child and Animal Learning Development #Cognition #Cognitive psychology #Cognitive science #Communication #Embodied cognition #Hearing Impairment and Communication #Language acquisition #Linguistics #Mathematics education #Neuroscience #Psychology #Vocabulary #Word (group theory) #Word learning

paper · doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2012.06.016

published in Cognition 125(2), 244-262 (Elsevier BV)

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