Discrimination of pitch contours by neonates

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 779-784

  Nazzi, Thierry ^a,b   Floccia, Caroline ^a   Bertoncini, Josiane ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant speech perception; Neonates; Pitch

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038612510     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(98)90044-3     Document Type: Article

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