Lateralized processes constrain auditory reinforcement in human newborns

Hearing Research

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 135-141

  DeCasper, Anthony J ^a   Prescott, Phyllis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory development; Auditory reinforcement; Auditory spectral processing; Functional lateralization of audition; Human newborn; Perception; Rapid variation in audition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MONAURAL HEARING; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; VOICE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEART SOUNDS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 67651224940     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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