What's new, pussycat? : on talking to babies and animals

Denis K. Burnham; Christine Kitamura; Ute Vollmer-Conna

What's new, pussycat? : on talking to babies and animals

Denis K. Burnham
, Christine Kitamura
, Ute Vollmer-Conna

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Abstract

The uncanny similarity of pet- to infant-directed speech has been noted previously. The authors in a study made objective comparisons of 12 mothers' speech to their infant, their pet and another adult in three domains, including pitch.

Original language	English
Number of pages	1
Journal	Science
Publication status	Published - 2002

Keywords

babies
mothers
neurology
pets
speech

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