The role of the mother's voice in developing mother's face preference: Evidence for intermodal perception at birth

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-50

  Sai, F Z ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Intermodal perception at birth; Mother's face recognition; Neonates

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744445696     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.376     Document Type: Review

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