Child-directed speech produced by mothers with symptoms of depression fails to promote associative learning in 4-month-old infants

Child Development

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 560-570

  Kaplan, Peter S ^a   Bachorowski, Jo Anne ^b   Zarlengo Strouse, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOICE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0033124899     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00041     Document Type: Article

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