An exploration of why preschoolers perform differently than do adults in audiovisual speech perception tasks

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-110

  Desjardins, Renée N ^a,b   Rogers, John ^a   Werker, Janet F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031178762     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1997.2379     Document Type: Article

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