Visual Language Discrimination in Infancy
Visual Language Discrimination in Infancy
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DOI:
10.1126/science.1137686
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发表时间:
2007-05
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56.9
通讯作者:
Whitney M. Weikum;A. Vouloumanos;J. Navarra;S. Soto-Faraco;N. Sebastián-Gallés;J. Werker
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Whitney M. Weikum;A. Vouloumanos;J. Navarra;S. Soto-Faraco;N. Sebastián-Gallés;J. Werker
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.