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Linda P. Acredolo
Researcher at University of California, Davis
Publications - 24
Citations - 1914
Linda P. Acredolo is an academic researcher from University of California, Davis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gesture & Cognitive development. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 24 publications receiving 1870 citations.
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Symbolic gesturing in normal infants.
Linda P. Acredolo,Susan Goodwyn +1 more
TL;DR: The spontaneous development by normal infants of nonverbal gestures to symbolically represent objects, needs, states, and qualities are presented and it is made that these gestures and early words are both representative of common underlying mechanisms, in particular, the recognition that things have names.
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Impact of symbolic gesturing on early language development
TL;DR: This paper evaluated the effect on verbal language development of encouraging hearing infants to use simple gestures as symbols for objects, requests, and conditions, and found strong evidence that symbolic gesturing does not hamper verbal development and may even facilitate it.
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Symbolic Gesture versus Word: Is There a Modality Advantage for Onset of Symbol Use?
TL;DR: Comparing the onset of symbolic use of signs and words in a group of 22 hearing children exposed to symbolic gestures from 11 months onward indicated a smaller modality difference than early research had predicted, providing support for the hypothesis that strides in cognitive abilities such as memory, categorization, and symbolization underlie this milestone in both modalities.
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Developmental Changes in Map-Reading Skills.
Neil Bluestein,Linda P. Acredolo +1 more
TL;DR: For instance, Bloom et al. as mentioned in this paper found that children as young as 3 years could read a map aligned inside a room but that the ability to compensate for a rotated map did not develop until age 5.
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Symbolic Gesturing in Language Development
Linda P. Acredolo,Susan Goodwyn +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the spontaneous development of symbolic gestures in a normal infant of hearing parents was described, from 12.5 to 17.5 months of age, 13 gestures depicting objects, events, and qualities were developed.