Infants of depressed mothers, although competent learners, fail to learn in response to their own mothers' infant-directed speech

Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 268-271

  Kaplan, Peter S ^a   Bachorowski, Jo Anne ^b   Smoski, Moria J ^b   Hudenko, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SPEECH;

EID: 0036584862     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00449     Document Type: Article

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