The timing of verbal/vocal communications between mothers and their infants: A longitudinal cross-cultural comparison

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-226

  Keller, Heidi ^a   Otto, Hiltrud ^a   Lamm, Bettina ^a   Yovsi, Relindis D ^a   Kärtner, Joscha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication; Culture; Infancy; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VOCALIZATION;

ADULT; CAMEROON; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 40649107402     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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