Language experienced in utero affects vowel perception after birth: A two-country study

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 156-160

  Moon, Christine M ^a   Lagercrantz, Hugo ^b   Kuhl, Patricia K ^c  

^a PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Foetal; Language; Learning; Neonatal; Vowels

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEARING; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; PACIFIER; PHONETICS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SUCKING; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES; VOWEL;

FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PHONETICS; PREGNANCY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872304137     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12098     Document Type: Article

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