When a word is worth more than a picture: Words lower the threshold for object identification in 3-year-old children.

A large literature shows strong developmental links between early language abilities and later cognitive abilities. We present evidence for one pathway by which language may influence cognition and development: by influencing how visual information is momentarily processed. Children were asked to id...

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Published in:	Journal of Experimental Child Psychology Vol. 175; pp. 37 - 48
Main Authors:	Vales, Catarina, Smith, Linda B.
Format:	Article
Published:	Academic Press Inc. Nov2018
Subjects:	Cognitive development Language ability Optical information processing Visual perception in children Object recognition (Computer vision)
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost