Evidence of Transnatal Auditory Learning

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 20, Issue , 2000, Pages S37-S44

  Moon, Christine M ^a   Fifer, William P ^b,c  

^a PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD BEHAVIOR; FETUS; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOUND;

FETUS; HEARING; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; SOUND;

EID: 0034574123     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7200448     Document Type: Article

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