title: The relationship between motor development, gestures and language production in the second year of life: a mediational analysis.
abstract: This longitudinal study investigated the relationships between motor, gestural and linguistic abilities using two parent report instruments. Motor skills at 12 months significantly correlated with language production at 16, 20 and 23 months, but these associations were mediated by the use of representational gestures.
authors: Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: emiddia.longobardi@uniroma1.it.
authors: Emiddia
authors: E
authors: Longobardi
authors: Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Psychology, Rome, Italy.
authors: Pietro
authors: P
authors: Spataro
authors: Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Psychology, Rome, Italy.
authors: Clelia
authors: C
authors: Rossi-Arnaud
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005868:Gestures; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007802:Language; D007804:Language Development; D008037:Linguistics; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D010290:Parents; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Gestures; Infancy; Language development; Motor development