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The cradling bias in relation to pitch of maternal child-directedlanguage (2000)
Journal Article
Reissland, N. (2000). The cradling bias in relation to pitch of maternal child-directedlanguage. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 18, 179-186. https://doi.org/10.1348/026151000165634

In research on cradling, the leftward cradling bias has been observed in the context of holding infants ranging in age from birth to 18 months. Mothers' expression of emotion and their control of infant emotion may influence cradling preference (e.g.... Read More about The cradling bias in relation to pitch of maternal child-directedlanguage.

Turn-taking in early vocal interaction: a comparison of premature andterm infants' vocal interaction with their mothers (1999)
Journal Article
Reissland, N., & Stephenson, T. (1999). Turn-taking in early vocal interaction: a comparison of premature andterm infants' vocal interaction with their mothers. Child: Care, Health and Development, 25(6), 447-456

Aims The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that mothers of premature infants compared with mothers of term infants differ in the structure which they impose on the vocal exchanges with their infants. Methods Thirteen mothers and their... Read More about Turn-taking in early vocal interaction: a comparison of premature andterm infants' vocal interaction with their mothers.

Maternal verbal interaction in different situations with infants bornprematurely or at term (1999)
Journal Article
Reissland, N., Shepherd, J., & Stephenson, T. (1999). Maternal verbal interaction in different situations with infants bornprematurely or at term. Infant and Child Development, 8(1), 39-48. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28sici%291522-7219%28199903%298%3A1%3C39%3A%3Aaid-icd189%3E3.0.co%3B2-%23

The present study investigates whether maternal verbal behaviour, in terms of the use of declaratives, interrogatives and imperatives, can be accounted for by gestational age of the infant, or the situation in which mother-infant pairs were observed.... Read More about Maternal verbal interaction in different situations with infants bornprematurely or at term.

The pitch of "real" and "rhetorical" questions directed by a father tohis daughter: A longitudinal case study (1998)
Journal Article
Reissland, N. (1998). The pitch of "real" and "rhetorical" questions directed by a father tohis daughter: A longitudinal case study. Infant Behavior & Development, 21(4), 793-798. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0163-6383%2898%2990046-7

A longitudinal study of a father and his daughter examined pitch-variation of "real" and "rhetorical" questions. Although the father asked "real" and "rhetorical" questions from the start of the recordings, he did not distinguish them through differe... Read More about The pitch of "real" and "rhetorical" questions directed by a father tohis daughter: A longitudinal case study.

Context dependency in parental speech (1998)
Journal Article
Reissland, N. (1998). Context dependency in parental speech. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 16, 365-373. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-835x.1998.tb00758.x

Twelve children, six girls and six boys, were videotaped at two ages: first at a mean age of 11:16 months, second at a mean age of 15:16 months, with a parent in their home while having a meal with a spoon (non-play situation) and feeding a doll with... Read More about Context dependency in parental speech.

Exploring affect - Demos,EV (1996)
Journal Article
Reissland, N. (1996). Exploring affect - Demos,EV. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 14, 369-370

Maternal pitch height in ordinary and play situations (1996)
Journal Article
Reissland, N., & Snow, D. (1996). Maternal pitch height in ordinary and play situations. Journal of Child Language, 23(2), 269-278

Ten children at mean ages of o; II.3 and o; I5.3 and their monolingual German-speaking mothers were audio- and videotaped in their homes while having a meal with a spoon (ordinary situation) and while feeding a doll with a spoon (play situation). Sen... Read More about Maternal pitch height in ordinary and play situations.

The Socialisation of Pride in Young Children (1994)
Journal Article
Reissland, N. (1994). The Socialisation of Pride in Young Children. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 17(3), 541-552. https://doi.org/10.1177/016502549401700309

A total of 40 target children, ranging in age from 10 months to 4 years 10 months (mean age 31 months) and their mothers, took part in a study, involving a game of ''feeding fish'' with different sized marbles in order to test the relation between ma... Read More about The Socialisation of Pride in Young Children.