Discrimination of pitch contours by neonates

被引:110
作者
Nazzi, T
Floccia, C
Bertoncini, J
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Inst Human Dev, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[2] Lab Sci Cognit & Psycholinguist, Paris, France
关键词
infant speech perception; pitch; neonates;
D O I
10.1016/S0163-6383(98)90044-3
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 ;
摘要
With the high-amplitude sucking procedure, newborns were presented with two lists of phonetically varied Japanese words differing in pitch contour. Discrimination of the lists was found, thus indicating that newborns are able to extract pitch contour information at the word level.
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页码:779 / 784
页数:6
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