Development in Children’s Interpretation of Pitch Cues to Emotions
Abstract
Young infants respond to positive and negative speech prosody (A. Fernald, 1993 ), yet 4‐year‐olds rely on lexical information when it conflicts with paralinguistic cues to approval or disapproval (M. Friend, 2003 ). This article explores this surprising phenomenon, testing one hundred eighteen 2‐ to 5‐year‐olds’ use of isolated pitch cues to emotions in interactive tasks. Only 4‐ to 5‐year‐olds consistently interpreted exaggerated,...
Paper Details
Title
Development in Children’s Interpretation of Pitch Cues to Emotions
Published Date
Dec 19, 2011
Journal
Volume
83
Issue
1
Pages
236 - 250
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