Infant vocalizations in response to speech: Vocal imitation and developmental change

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 2425-2438

  Kuhl, Patricia K ^a   Meltzoff, Andrew N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VOCALIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029794232     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.417951     Document Type: Article

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