Intersensory perception at birth: Newborns match nonhuman primate faces and voices

Infancy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-60

  Lewkowicz, David J ^a   Leo, Irene ^b   Simion, Francesca ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONKEY; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

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EID: 77952625035     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: 15327078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7078.2009.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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