A lack of evidence in 4-month-old human infants for paternal voice preference

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-59

  Ward, Cynthia D ^a   Cooper, Robin Panneton ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory preferences; Father recognition; Father infant interaction; Human infants; Voice discrimination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTHERS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0033001531     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199907)35:1<49::AID-DEV7>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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