Early temperament as a predictor of language skills at 40 months

• Main Authors: Yuuka Ishikawa-Omori (Author), Tomoko Nishimura (Author), Atsuko Nakagawa (Author), Akemi Okumura (Author), Taeko Harada (Author), Chikako Nakayasu (Author), Toshiki Iwabuchi (Author), Yuko Amma (Author), Haruka Suzuki (Author), Mohammad Shafiur Rahman (Author), Ryuji Nakahara (Author), Nagahide Takahashi (Author), Yoko Nomura (Author), Kenji J. Tsuchiya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Mastering language involves the development of expressive and receptive skills among children. While it has been speculated that early temperament plays a role in the acquisition of language, the actual mechanism has not yet been explored. We investigated whether temperament at 1...