Recognizing intentions in infant-directed speech: Evidence for universals

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 746-751

  Bryant, Gregory A ^a   Barrett, H Clark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PITCH PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34547599356     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01970.x     Document Type: Article

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