Visual language discrimination in infancy
Por:
Weikum WM, Vouloumanos A, Navarra J, Soto-Faraco S, Sebastián-Gallés N and Werker JF
Publicada:
25 may 2007
Resumen:
This study shows that 4- and 6-month-old infants can discriminate languages (English from French) just from viewing silently presented articulations. By the age of 8 months, only bilingual (French-English) infants succeed at this task. These findings reveal a surprisingly early preparedness for visual language discrimination and highlight infants' selectivity for retaining only necessary perceptual sensitivities.
Filiaciones:
Weikum WM:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Vouloumanos A:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Navarra J:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Soto-Faraco S:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Sebastián-Gallés N:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Werker JF:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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