The decline of cross-species intersensory perception in human infants: Underlying mechanisms and its developmental persistence

Brain Research

Volumn 1242, Issue , 2008, Pages 291-302

  Lewkowicz, David J ^a   Sowinski, Ryan ^a   Place, Silvia ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audio visual perception; Face voice integration; Infant; Perceptual narrowing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 55549098895     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.03.084     Document Type: Article

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