The conditioned head turn procedure as a method for testing infant speech perception

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 171-178

  Werker, Janet F ^a   Polka, Linda ^b   Pegg, Judith E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infancy; Method; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004566295     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0917(199709/12)6:3/4<171::aid-edp156>3.0.co;2-h     Document Type: Article

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