Infants prefer higher-pitched singing

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 799-805

  Trainor, Laurel J ^a   Zacharias, Christine A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0001515676     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0163-6383(98)90047-9     Document Type: Article

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