Plasticity after perceptual narrowing for voice perception: Reinstating the ability to discriminate monkeys by their voices at 12 months of age

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Friendly, Rayna H ^a   Rendall, Drew ^b   Trainor, Laurel J ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross species experience; Infant development; Learning; Perceptual narrowing; Plasticity; Voice discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885401690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00718     Document Type: Article

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