'Songese': Maternal structuring of musical interaction with infants

Psychology of Music

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-213

  Longhi, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infant; Interaction; Mother; Music; Singing; Synchronization; Temporal structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349144893     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735608097042     Document Type: Article

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