Gestural Communication in Preschool Children

1 June 1974

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills

Vol. 38 (3), 708-710
https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1974.38.3.708

Abstract

Encoding and decoding of emblem gestures of 56 3- and 4-yr.-old Ss were studied with a 30-item emblem survey. Age affected ability to encode and decode gestures, and the two abilities were related.

Keywords

BODY LANGUAGE
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

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