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Exploring the relation between memory, gestural communication, and the emergence of language in infancy: a longitudinal study
Author(s) -
Heimann Mikael,
Strid Karin,
Smith Lars,
Tjus Tomas,
Erik Ulvund Stein,
Meltzoff Andrew N.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
infant and child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.87
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1522-7219
pISSN - 1522-7227
DOI - 10.1002/icd.462
Subject(s) - ping (video games) , relation (database) , sociology , media studies , psychology , computer science , database , computer security
Abstract The relationship between recall memory, visual recognition memory, social communication, and the emergence of language skills was measured in a longitudinal study. Thirty typically developing Swedish children were tested at 6, 9 and 14 months. The result showed that, in combination, visual recognition memory at 6 months, deferred imitation at 9 months and turn‐taking skills at 14 months could explain 41% of the variance in the infants' production of communicative gestures as measured by a Swedish variant of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories (CDI). In this statistical model, deferred imitation stood out as the strongest predictor. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.