The leftward cradling bias and prosody: An investigation of cradling preferences in the deaf community

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 178-186

  Turnbull, Oliver H ^a   Rhys Jones, Sara L ^b   Jackson, A Lyn ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cradling; Deaf; Laterality; Prosody

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD CARE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035374775     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221320109597959     Document Type: Article

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