Inside bilingualism: Language background modulates selective attention to a talker's mouth
Birulés J, Bosch L, Brieke R, Pons F, Lewkowicz D. Inside bilingualism: Language background modulates selective attention to a talker's mouth. Developmental Science 2018, 22: e12755. PMID: 30251757, DOI: 10.1111/desc.12755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTalker's mouthSpanish-learning infantsAudiovisual speech cuesClose languagesLanguage proximityLanguage backgroundEnglish monologuesMonolingual infantsSelective attentionTalker's eyesBilingualsLanguageCatalanGreater salienceSpeech cuesAudiovisual cuesSuch cuesCuesBilingualismMonologueEarly childhoodPrevious findingsAttentionTalkersGreat attention