Development of single/geminate obstruent discrimination by Japanese infants: Early integration of durational and nondurational cues

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-34

  Sato, Yutaka ^a   Kato, Mahoko ^a   Mazuka, Reiko ^a,b  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Language development; Single geminate obstruents; Speech perception; Visual habituation dishabituation method

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTENTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84860810581     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025528     Document Type: Article

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