@article{discovery181295, title = {In the beginning was the song: The complex multimodal timing of mother-infant musical interaction}, note = {{\copyright} 2004 Cambridge University Press}, volume = {27}, pages = {516 -- 517}, journal = {Behavioral and Brain Sciences}, month = {August}, number = {4}, year = {2004}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X04370111}, issn = {0140-525X}, abstract = {In this commentary we raise three issues: (1) Is it motherese or song that sets the stage for very early mother-infant interaction? (2) Does the infant play a pivotal role in the complex temporal structure of social interaction? (3) Is the vocal channel primordial or do other modalities play an equally important role in social interaction?}, author = {Longhi, E and Karmiloff-Smith, A} }