Preference and processing: The role of speech affect in early spoken word recognition

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-189

  Singh, Leher ^a   Morgan, James L ^b   White, Katherine S ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infants; Preference; Spoken word recognition; Vocal affect

Indexed keywords

EID: 3343023683     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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