Asymmetric headturning to speech and nonspeech in human newborns

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-217

  Ecklund Flores, Lisa ^a,c   Turkewitz, Gerald ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEAD; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEWBORN; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOVEMENT; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030116755     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199604)29:3<205::AID-DEV2>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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