First steps into language? Examining the specific longitudinal relations between walking, exploration and linguistic skills

Recent empirical evidence demonstrates relationships between motor and language development that are partially mediated by exploration. This is in line with the embodied cognition approach to development that views language as grounded in real-life sensorimotor interactions with the environment. Thi...

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Main Authors: Ora Oudgenoeg-Paz, M(Chiel) J.M. Volman, Paul P.M. Leseman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01458/full