Maternal tactile-gestural stimulation and infants' nonverbal behaviors during early mother-infant face-to-face interactions : contextual, age, and birth status effects
The preverbal period of infancy is characterized by the absence of receptive and expressive verbal communication and substantial reliance on nonverbal forms of communication. Although nonverbal behavior is believed to be particularly salient to infants during early infancy, little is known about the...
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http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/1770/1/NQ73343.pdfArnold, Sharon Lynne <http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/view/creators/Arnold=3ASharon_Lynne=3A=3A.html> (2002) Maternal tactile-gestural stimulation and infants' nonverbal behaviors during early mother-infant face-to-face interactions : contextual, age, and birth status effects. PhD thesis, Concordia University.