%X 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?
%P 516 - 517
%O © 2004 Cambridge University Press
%D 2004
%V 27
%N 4
%J Behavioral and Brain Sciences
%L discovery181295
%T In the beginning was the song: The complex multimodal timing of mother-infant musical interaction
%A E Longhi
%A A Karmiloff-Smith