Melody recognition by two-month-old infants

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Plantinga, Judy ^a,b   Trainor, Laurel J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITTLE RESEARCHES; MELODY RECOGNITION;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUSIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 59849094888     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3049583     Document Type: Article

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