Diet and gender influences on processing and discrimination of speech sounds in 3- and 6-month-old infants: A developmental ERP study

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 700-712

  Pivik, R T ^a,b   Andres, Aline ^a,b   Badger, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BABY FOOD; BOTTLE FEEDING; BRAIN; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; DIET; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

BOTTLE FEEDING; BRAIN; BREAST FEEDING; DIET; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT FORMULA; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MILK SUBSTITUTES; MILK, HUMAN; PHONETICS; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 79959295769     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.01019.x     Document Type: Article

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