2016
Selective attention to a talker's mouth in infancy: role of audiovisual temporal synchrony and linguistic experience
de Boisferon A, Tift A, Minar N, Lewkowicz D. Selective attention to a talker's mouth in infancy: role of audiovisual temporal synchrony and linguistic experience. Developmental Science 2016, 20 PMID: 26743437, PMCID: PMC6340138, DOI: 10.1111/desc.12381.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAudio-visual synchronyTalker's mouthSelective attentionLinguistic experienceAudiovisual temporal synchronyAttentional focusBabbling phaseLanguage expertiseFluent speechEye gazeTemporal synchronySynchronized speechRelative attentionSpeechSynchronyMonths of ageAttentionTalkersLanguageExperienceGazeDesynchronizationInfantsUsual patternPrevious studies
2014
Infant perception of audio-visual speech synchrony in familiar and unfamiliar fluent speech
Pons F, Lewkowicz D. Infant perception of audio-visual speech synchrony in familiar and unfamiliar fluent speech. Acta Psychologica 2014, 149: 142-147. PMID: 24576508, DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.12.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFluent speechLinguistic experienceLanguage familiarity effectSpecific linguistic experienceAudio-visual synchronyVideo clipsLanguage familiarityLinguistic inputAudiovisual syllablesInfants' perceptionPerceptual tuningFamiliarity effectMonolingual SpanishExperiment 1Experiment 2Infants' responsesSpanish infantsInfant studiesSpeechSame videoCatalanSpanishSynchronous videoTemporal relationsAudio stream
2012
The critical role of experience in the early development of multisensory perception
Lewkowicz D. The critical role of experience in the early development of multisensory perception. Multisensory Research 2012, 25: 200-200. DOI: 10.1163/187847612x648297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultisensory perceptionInfants' responsesSelective attentionHuman infantsDeprivation studiesAudio-visual synchronyExperience-dependent processesDramatic developmental shiftPerceptual narrowingPerceptual skillsProsody cuesMultisensory developmentPerceptual tuningEarly experienceExperience interactsProgram of researchHuman infancyExperience contributesSpeech domainAdult responsivenessDevelopmental shiftBehavioral developmentDevelopmental changesPerceptionParadoxical effect