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Symbol Comprehension

Symbol Comprehension is the cognitive process within augmentative and alternative communication by which an individual interprets and assigns meaning to symbolic representations, such as graphic symbols, signs, or written words, according to their conventional or contextually established referential relationships.

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Language Comprehenders Mentally Represent the Shapes of Objects

Rolf A. Zwaan, Robert A. Stanfield, Richard H. Yaxley · Psychological Science · 2002 · 890 citations

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<b>Symbol formation:</b> An organismic-developmental approach to language and the expression of thought. By Heinz Werner and Bernard Kaplan, Pp. xiii, 530. New York, London, Sydney: John Wiley &amp; Sons, Inc., 1963.

Jerry A. Fodor · Language · 1964 · 733 citations

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Symbolic Interaction: A Reader in Social Psychology.

Arlene Kaplan Daniels, Jerome G. Manis, Bernard N. Meltzer · American Sociological Review · 1968 · 406 citations

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Symbolic Play and Language Comprehension in Autistic Children

Judy A. Ungerer, Marian Sigman · Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry · 1981 · 363 citations

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Processing symbolic information from a visual display: Interference from an irrelevant directional cue.

John L. Craft, Jessica Simon · Journal of Experimental Psychology · 1970 · 327 citations

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Authors

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    Michael S. Wogalter

    North Carolina State University, United States

    6 publications · 253 citations

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  2. RA
    Rose A. Sevcik

    Georgia State University, United States

    5 publications · 195 citations

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  3. JS
    Judy S. DeLoache

    University of Virginia, United States

    5 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. AS
    Ann Sutton

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    5 publications · 112 citations

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    Analía M. Salsa

    Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina

    4 publications · 98 citations

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Institutions

142

  1. Georgia State University

    Atlanta, United States

    8 h-index

    24 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    311 citations

  3. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    857 citations

  5. Université de Montréal

    Montreal, Canada

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    304 citations

  6. Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety

    Hopkinton, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    267 citations

  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. University of Pretoria

    Pretoria, South Africa

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    175 citations

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Venues

  1. Augmentative and Alternative Communication

    AAC · 13 publications · 412 citations

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  2. Child Development

    8 publications · 882 citations

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  5. Developmental Psychology

    3 publications · 108 citations

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