Adult Perception of Emotion Intensity in Human Infant Cries: Effects of Infant Age and Cry Acoustics

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3238-3249

  Leger, Daniel W ^a   Thompson, Ross A ^a   Merritt, Jacquelyn A ^a,b   Benz, Joseph J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Selection Research Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030334739     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01911.x     Document Type: Article

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