A reassessment of the role of pitch and duration in adults' responses to infant crying

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 367-371

  Dessureau, Brian K ^a   Kurowski, Carolyn O ^b   Thompson, Nicholas S ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Crying; Infant; Pitch

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038075785     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(98)90013-3     Document Type: Article

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