Differences in talker recognition by preschoolers and adults

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 487-509

  Creel, Sarah C ^a   Jimenez, Sofia R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory learning; Language development; Perceptual learning; Preschool; Talker variability; Voices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; COLOR VISION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHONETICS; SOFTWARE; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 84867703971     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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