Infant-directed speech produced by fathers with symptoms of depression: Effects on infant associative learning in a conditioned-attention paradigm

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 535-545

  Kaplan, Peter S ^a   Sliter, Jessica K ^a   Burgess, Aaron P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Depression; Fathers; Fundamental frequency modulation; Infant directed speech

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FACE; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 35348823734     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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