Perceptual narrowing during infancy: A comparison of language and faces

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 154-178

  Maurer, Daphne ^a   Werker, Janet F ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory; Early experience; Infant; Language; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIENCE; FACE; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; VISION;

AUDITORY; EARLY EXPERIENCE; INFANT; LANGUAGE; VISION;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84893869166     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21177     Document Type: Article

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