Does early gesture usage contribute alongside oral language to later theory of mind performance and metaphor comprehension? Indications from a longitudinal study with children aged 1–9 years: Language Acquisition: Vol 0, No 0 We’re here to help

So happy to share our newly published work in the journal Language Acquisition! @carinalueke.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/metrics/... Our longitudinal study examines the predictive capacity of index-finger pointing at 1;0 for language, metaphor comprehension, and Theory of Mind skills at 9;0.

Our work on late talkers' theory of mind, metaphor comprehension and language skills at age 9;0 (comparative to their TD peers within our longitudinal study) was recently published in #JSLHR @carinalueke.bsky.social 🥳📄