Can Children Detect Conceptual Information Conveyed Through Other Children's Nonverbal Behavior's

摘要: Research suggests that children produce nonverbal behaviors when interacting with adults and peers. This study investigates how well other can detect 1 specific type of behavior: representational gestures. Eighteen (12 Caucasian girls 6 boys; M = 7 years, 11 months) watched videotaped stimuli verbally gesturally explaining a conceptual problem. Multiple methods were used to assess whether could information conveyed through the stimulus children's speech gesture. Results show these multiple converge demonstrate attend not only but also their Implications detection for peer interactions cognitive development are discussed.