Changing the tune: The structure of the input affects infants' use of absolute and relative pitch

Developmental Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Saffran, Jenny R ^a,b   Reeck, Karelyn ^a   Niebuhr, Aimee ^a   Wilson, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 12844286225     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2005.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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