The foundations of social cognition: Studies on face/voice integration in newborn infants

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 79-83

  Streri, Arlette ^a   Coulon, Marion ^b   Guellaï, Bahia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

face recognition; imitation; newborns; social cues; speech

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FACE; GAZE; HEARING; HUMAN; NEWBORN; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; VISION; VOICE;

EID: 84876033240     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025412465361     Document Type: Article

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