The role of speech rhythm in language discrimination: Further tests with a non-human primate

Developmental Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-35

  Tincoff, Ruth ^a   Hauser, Marc ^a,b   Tsao, Fritz ^c   Spaepen, Geertrui ^a   Ramus, Franck ^d   Mehler, Jacques ^d,e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HILLSDALE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^e SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PERIODICITY; SAGUINUS; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 12844252610     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2005.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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