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Peer reviewedPatterson, Michelle L.; Werker, Janet F. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2002
Tested in six experiments young infants' sensitivity to vowel and gender information in faces and voices. Found that 4.5-month-olds showed no evidence of matching face and voice based on gender, but were able to ignore irrelevant gender information and match based on the vowel. Robust evidence of ability to match based on gender was not evident…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Infant Behavior, Infants
