Newborn categorization of vowel-like sounds

Developmental Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 220-232

  Aldridge, Michelle A ^a   Stillman, Robert D ^a   Bower, Thomas G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 0035532896     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7687.00167     Document Type: Article

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