Symbolic Understanding of Pictures and Written Words Share a Common Source

Here we examine the hypothesis that symbolic understanding across domains is mediated by a fundamental ‘symbolizing’ ability in young children. We tested 30 children aged 2–4 years on symbolic tasks assessing iconic and non-iconic word-referent and picture-referent understanding and administered sta...

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Authors: Allen, Melissa L. (Author) ; Mattock, Karen (Author) ; Silva, Macarena (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2014
In: Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2014, Volume: 14, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 187-198
Further subjects:B Symbolic understanding pictures language reference
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