2016
Multisensory Processes: A Balancing Act across the Lifespan
Murray M, Lewkowicz D, Amedi A, Wallace M. Multisensory Processes: A Balancing Act across the Lifespan. Trends In Neurosciences 2016, 39: 567-579. PMID: 27282408, PMCID: PMC4967384, DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2016.05.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultisensory processesStimulus characteristicsDifferent sensory modalitiesMultisensory functionTask contingenciesSensory modalitiesRelative relianceBrain functionRelative weightingLearningCognitionStimuliPerceptionContingenciesLifespanShort termAssociationRelianceBalancing actBehaviorSeparate entities
2012
Infants deploy selective attention to the mouth of a talking face when learning speech
Lewkowicz D, Hansen-Tift A. Infants deploy selective attention to the mouth of a talking face when learning speech. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2012, 109: 1431-1436. PMID: 22307596, PMCID: PMC3277111, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1114783109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonnative speechEye gazeAdult's eye gazeAudiovisual speech cuesSpeech production abilitiesNonnative languageAudiovisual attentionPerceptual narrowingSpeech formsSelective attentionSpeech cuesAudiovisual cuesSocial cuesHuman infancySpeechCuesCurrent findingsLanguageEarly experienceSecond shiftAttentionEnglishMonologueRecitingGaze