Effects of seeing and hearing vowels on neonatal facial imitation

Infancy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 782-796

  Coulon, Marion ^a   Hemimou, Cherhazad ^a   Streri, Arlette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL IMITATION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HEARING; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MIRROR NEURON; MOUTH; NEWBORN; REACTION TIME; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOWEL;

EID: 84882248109     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: 15327078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/infa.12001     Document Type: Article

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