Effect of maternal depression on infant-directed speech to prelinguistic infants: Implications for language development.

The nature and timing of caregivers' speech provides an important foundation for infant attention and language development in the first year of life. Infant-directed speech is a key component of responsive parent-infant communication that is typically characterised by exaggerated intonation and...

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Main Authors: Christa Lam-Cassettari, Jane Kohlhoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236787