Preschoolers' appreciation of speaker vocal affect as a cue to referential intent

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-99

  Berman, Jared M J ^a   Chambers, Craig G ^b   Graham, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emotion; Eye movements; Intentionality; Intonation; Linguistic reference; Real time comprehension

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CUES; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 77954027914     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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