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Direct linkSmith, Linda B.; Jones, Susan S. – Developmental Science, 2011
Object substitutions in play (e.g. using a box as a car) are strongly linked to language learning and their absence is a diagnostic marker of language delay. Classic accounts posit a symbolic function that underlies both words and object substitutions. Here we show that object substitutions depend on developmental changes in visual object…
Descriptors: Play, Recognition (Psychology), Visual Perception, Language Acquisition
