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Peer reviewedMarks, Lawrence E.; And Others – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1987
A series of three experiments was conducted to assess the comprehension of four types of cross-modal (synesthetic) similarities in children and adults. Both perceptual and verbal (metaphoric) modes were tested. (PCB)
Descriptors: Adults, Auditory Perception, Child Development, Children
Peer reviewedGopnik, Alison; Meltzoff, Andrew N. – Child Development, 1986
Compares two types of semantic development (the acquisition of disappearance words and success-failure words) to performance on two types of cognitive tasks (object-permanence and means-ends tasks) among infants. (HOD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages
Steffens, Michele L.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1992
The development of early vocalizations was investigated with 13 infants who had Down's syndrome and 27 infants developing normally, at bimonthly intervals from 4 to 18 months of age. Both groups demonstrated increased production of mature syllables over time as well as large variations in vocal development, both within and across groups and across…
Descriptors: Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Downs Syndrome, Individual Differences
Deleau, Michel – 1983
This document reviews a number of recent studies written in French that investigate the nature of communication between 2-year-old infants and others. The review includes three parts. The first part focuses on studies aiming to constitute a behavioral catalog of the child. Characteristically, these studies offer a posteriori interpretations of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Communication Research, Definitions
