Toddlers recognize words in an unfamiliar accent after brief exposure

Developmental Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 732-738

  Schmale, Rachel ^a   Cristia, Alejandrina ^b   Seidl, Amanda ^c  

^a NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84868198434     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2012.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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