The Right Thing at the Right Time: Why Ostensive Naming Facilitates Word Learning
The current study examines how focusing children’s attention during referent selection improves their ability to retain novel names. Previous research suggests that young children can only retain novel names presented via referent selection if ostensive naming is provided and that ostensive naming w...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-03-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00088/full |