Grunt Communication in Human Infants (Homo sapiens)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-37

  McCune, Lorraine ^a,d   Roug Hellichius, Liselotte ^b   Vihman, Marilyn M ^c,e   Delery, Diane Bordenave ^a,d   Gogate, Lakshmi ^a,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The State University of New Jersey

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LARYNX; MALE; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SOUND DETECTION;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LARYNX; MALE; PHONETICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 0030092866     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.110.1.27     Document Type: Article

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