Is infant-directed speech prosody a result of the vocal expression of emotion?

Psychological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 188-195

  Trainor, Laurel J ^a   Austin, Caren M ^a   Desjardins, Renée N ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034189361     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00240     Document Type: Article

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