Biological Specializations for Speech: What Can the Animals Tell Us?

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 155-159

  Trout, J D ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditorism; Comparative research; Speech perception and production; Speech is special (SiS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142022817     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.t01-1-01251     Document Type: Article

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