Infants' ability to match dynamic phonetic and gender information in the face and voice

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-115

  Patterson, Michelle L ^a   Werker, Janet F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Face processing; Gender perception; Infants; Intermodal perception; Inverted faces; Preferential looking; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISION; VOICE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PHONETICS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOICE;

EID: 0036134226     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.2001.2644     Document Type: Article

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