Children's understanding of emotion in speech

Child Development

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 834-843

  Morton, J Bruce ^a   Trehub, Sandra E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035348611     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00318     Document Type: Article

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