Use of an auditory looming task to test infants' sensitivity to sound pressure level as an auditory distance cue

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-10

  Freiberg, Kate ^a   Tually, Kim ^a   Crassini, Boris ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0035531078     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151001165903     Document Type: Article

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