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A look at the normal development of Pointing and Reaching Gestures in 12-16-Month-Old Farsi-Speaking Children: A Longitudinal Study.

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: OBJECTIVES: Human beings can use gestures such as pointing and reaching to communicate with others before they have the ability to use verbal communication to produce speech. Given the importance of children's communication development and the key role of gestures development in communicating, the main purpose of this study was to analyze the normal development of pointing and reaching gestures and their relationship in 12-16-month-old children speaking Farsi. MATERIALS & METHODS: -test and Pearson correlation were used. RESULTS: <0.05). However, this was not significant for the reaching gesture. Moreover, there was no relationship between pointing and reaching gestures. CONCLUSION: Pointing gestures increase with age from 12-16 months in Farsi-speaking children. However, reaching gestures stay the same between 12-16 months of age. The study provided rich details of common gestures that children use to signal their intentions before verbal communication.

Source: Iranian journal of child neurology.

DOI: 10.22037/ijcn.v12i4.16885

Authors: Zahra Babaei, Talieh Zarifian, Atieh Ashtari, Enayatollah Bakhshi, Mona Ebrahimpour

Institution: University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Language Development and Disorders

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences

OpenAlex ID: W2894927831

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