2022
Attention to audiovisual speech does not facilitate language acquisition in infants with familial history of autism
Chawarska K, Lewkowicz D, Feiner H, Macari S, Vernetti A. Attention to audiovisual speech does not facilitate language acquisition in infants with familial history of autism. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2022, 63: 1466-1476. PMID: 35244219, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13595.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExpressive language scoresLanguage outcomesAudiovisual cuesSpeaker's faceLanguage scoresLanguage acquisitionLanguage delayBetter language outcomesSiblings of childrenFamilial riskLow familial riskPoor language outcomesLow-risk infantsAudiovisual speechIntact attentionSpeech cuesHigh familial riskPromising endophenotypeASD diagnosisSpeech processingCuesHigh-risk infantsAutismASDFace
2018
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 attentionThe redeployment of attention to the mouth of a talking face during the second year of life
de Boisferon A, Tift A, Minar N, Lewkowicz D. The redeployment of attention to the mouth of a talking face during the second year of life. Journal Of Experimental Child Psychology 2018, 172: 189-200. PMID: 29627481, PMCID: PMC5920681, DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2018.03.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTalker's mouthSpeech cuesAdult-directed mannerAudiovisual speech cuesWord learning phaseGreater perceptual salienceMonolingual infantsAttentional focusMonolingual EnglishPerceptual salienceEye gazeSpanish utterancesNative languageAcquisition phaseSpeech formsMonths of ageUtterancesCuesAttentionTalkersFaceSalienceGazeLexiconInfants
2015
Language familiarity modulates relative attention to the eyes and mouth of a talker
Barenholtz E, Mavica L, Lewkowicz D. Language familiarity modulates relative attention to the eyes and mouth of a talker. Cognition 2015, 147: 100-105. PMID: 26649759, PMCID: PMC6367725, DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2015.11.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAudiovisual speech cuesUnfamiliar languageLanguage familiarityFamiliar languageSpeech cuesBilingual subjectsLanguage conditionsMonolingual subjectsTalker's mouthAttentional strategiesSpeech processingLanguageRelative attentionTalkersTaskCuesFamiliarityAttentionAdultsSpeechFindingsParticipantsGreat attentionSubjectsProcessingBilingualism Modulates Infants’ Selective Attention to the Mouth of a Talking Face
Pons F, Bosch L, Lewkowicz D. Bilingualism Modulates Infants’ Selective Attention to the Mouth of a Talking Face. Psychological Science 2015, 26: 490-498. PMID: 25767208, PMCID: PMC4398611, DOI: 10.1177/0956797614568320.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBilingual infantsNonnative speechSelective attentionSpeech cuesAudiovisual speech cuesGreater perceptual salienceMonolingual infantsAudiovisual speechPerceptual salienceTalking faceBilingual inputBilingual environmentSocial interactionInfant's needsSpeechCuesPattern of responseAcquisition processAdaptive processLanguageAttentionEarly ageMonolingualsBilingualsFace
2014
Perception of the multisensory coherence of fluent audiovisual speech in infancy: Its emergence and the role of experience
Lewkowicz D, Minar N, Tift A, Brandon M. Perception of the multisensory coherence of fluent audiovisual speech in infancy: Its emergence and the role of experience. Journal Of Experimental Child Psychology 2014, 130: 147-162. PMID: 25462038, PMCID: PMC4258456, DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2014.10.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultisensory coherenceAudiovisual speechSpeech streamNon-native speechRole of experienceLearning infantsPerceptual expertisePerceptual narrowingAudiovisual synchronyFemale facesFluent speechVisible articulationDevelopmental emergenceTest trialsNative languageSpeechCurrent findingsPerceptionMonologueSynchronyFaceInfancyCuesCoherenceSkills
2013
Development of ordinal sequence perception in infancy
Lewkowicz D. Development of ordinal sequence perception in infancy. Developmental Science 2013, 16: 352-364. PMID: 23587035, PMCID: PMC3954567, DOI: 10.1111/desc.12029.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 shiftAttentionEnglishMonologueRecitingGazeSingle-object consistency facilitates multisensory pair learning: Evidence for unitization
Barenholtz E, Lewkowicz D, Kogelschatz L. Single-object consistency facilitates multisensory pair learning: Evidence for unitization. Multisensory Research 2012, 25: 11-11. DOI: 10.1163/187847612x646343.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociative learningSpecialized learning mechanismsSingle objectMultisensory propertiesMultisensory attributesIncongruent pairsSuperior learningTemporal synchronyExperiment 3Animal picturesExperiment 1Experiment 2Alternative cuesHuman faceLearning mechanismPair learningSingle representationLearningFaceObjectsCuesUnitizationSimilar advantagesVocalizationsVoice
2010
The Ontogeny of Human Multisensory Object Perception: A Constructivist Account
Lewkowicz D. The Ontogeny of Human Multisensory Object Perception: A Constructivist Account. 2010, 303-327. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5615-6_16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObject conceptsMultisensory inputsLow-level perceptual cuesAudio-visual sequencesPerceptual narrowingMultisensory attributesIntersensory relationsInfants' perceptionMultisensory cuesObject perceptionIntersensory developmentPerceptual tuningPerceptual cuesUnacknowledged processSelective experienceConstructivist accountTheoretical viewsOlder infantsDevelopmental differentiationYoung infantsCuesEmpirical findingsPerceptionDevelopmental integrationInfancy
2008
Perception of Dynamic and Static Audiovisual Sequences in 3‐ and 4‐Month‐Old Infants
Lewkowicz D. Perception of Dynamic and Static Audiovisual Sequences in 3‐ and 4‐Month‐Old Infants. Child Development 2008, 79: 1538-1554. PMID: 18826541, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01204.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Learning and Discrimination of Audiovisual Events in Human Infants: The Hierarchical Relation Between Intersensory Temporal Synchrony and Rhythmic Pattern Cues
Lewkowicz D. Learning and Discrimination of Audiovisual Events in Human Infants: The Hierarchical Relation Between Intersensory Temporal Synchrony and Rhythmic Pattern Cues. Developmental Psychology 2003, 39: 795-804. PMID: 12952394, DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.39.5.795.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAudiovisual eventsPattern cuesOverall temporal structureDevelopment infantsInfants' perceptionSynchrony relationsTemporal synchronyExperiment 3Experiment 1Experiment 2Human infantsVisual componentsRhythmic eventsCuesTemporal structurePerceptionDesynchronizationHierarchical relationsInfantsSynchronyDiscriminationRelationEvents
2002
Heterogeneity and heterochrony in the development of intersensory perception
Lewkowicz D. Heterogeneity and heterochrony in the development of intersensory perception. Brain Research 2002, 14: 41-63. PMID: 12063129, DOI: 10.1016/s0926-6410(02)00060-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmodal invariantsIntersensory perceptionPerceptual skillsModality-specific cuesDevelopmental systems approachPerceptual developmentIntersensory integrationIntersensory developmentDevelopmental emergenceTheoretical viewsDevelopmental studiesHuman developmentPrinciples of developmentFoundational roleEarly human developmentPerceptionTypes of processesSkillsNon-specific effectsEmpirical evidenceBasic factsCuesIntegration processTheoretical approachComplete understanding
1998
Unimodal sensory experience interferes with responsiveness to the spatial contiguity of multimodal maternal cues in bobwhite quail chicks
Columbus R, Sleigh M, Lickliter R, Lewkowicz D. Unimodal sensory experience interferes with responsiveness to the spatial contiguity of multimodal maternal cues in bobwhite quail chicks. Infant Behavior And Development 1998, 21: 397-409. DOI: 10.1016/s0163-6383(98)90016-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPostnatal sensory experienceMaternal auditoryVisual cuesIntersensory integrationMaternal stimulationSensory experienceMaternal cuesMaternal auditory cuesMaternal visual cuesAudio-visual cuesBobwhite quail chicksSpatial contiguityAuditory cuesSpatial colocationMultimodal stimulationVisual experienceMaternal stimuliCuesBobwhite chicksVisual stimulationAuditoryQuail chicksExperienceDevelopmental processesTemporal relationship
1996
Intersensory experience and early perceptual development: The role of spatial contiguity in bobwhite quail chicks' responsiveness to multimodal maternal cues
Lickliter R, Lewkowicz D, Columbus R. Intersensory experience and early perceptual development: The role of spatial contiguity in bobwhite quail chicks' responsiveness to multimodal maternal cues. Developmental Psychobiology 1996, 29: 403-416. PMID: 8809492, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2302(199607)29:5<403::aid-dev1>3.0.co;2-s.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostnatal sensory experienceMaternal auditorySensory experienceVisual cuesSpatial contiguityMaternal cuesEarly perceptual developmentAudio-visual integrationIntersensory relationsPerceptual developmentIntersensory integrationVisual eventsPerceptual responsivenessInfants' capacityVisual experienceCuesAuditoryChick's abilityLittle researchSpatial informationSpatial discrepanciesExperienceLarge bodyContiguityAbilityInfants' Response to the Audible and Visible Properties of the Human Face: 1. Role of Lexical–Syntactic Content, Temporal Synchrony, Gender, and Manner of Speech
Lewkowicz D. Infants' Response to the Audible and Visible Properties of the Human Face: 1. Role of Lexical–Syntactic Content, Temporal Synchrony, Gender, and Manner of Speech. Developmental Psychology 1996, 32: 347-366. DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.32.2.347.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman faceManner of speechInfants' perceptionProsody cuesSynchrony relationsTemporal synchronyInfants' responsesMultimodal representationsSpeaker genderPrepared scriptAudible featuresMultimodal featuresVisible propertiesOlder groupSpeechPerceptionFaceMonths of ageTypes of changesVisible representationGenderCuesRepresentationInfantsSynchrony
1995
Intersensory Experience and Early Perceptual Development:: Attenuated Prenatal Sensory Stimulation Affects Postnatal Auditory and Visual Responsiveness in Bobwhite Quail Chicks (Colinus virginianus )
Lickliter R, Lewkowicz D. Intersensory Experience and Early Perceptual Development:: Attenuated Prenatal Sensory Stimulation Affects Postnatal Auditory and Visual Responsiveness in Bobwhite Quail Chicks (Colinus virginianus ). Developmental Psychology 1995, 31: 609-618. DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.31.4.609.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrenatal sensory stimulationBobwhite quail chicksPerceptual developmentSensory stimulationPostnatal auditoryVisual responsivenessEarly perceptual developmentMaternal auditory cuesMaternal visual cuesIndividual maternal callPerceptual functioningAuditory learningPerceptual capacityAuditory cuesVisual cuesMaternal callQuail chicksTactile stimulationAuditoryCuesIncubation altersPrenatal periodFunctioningLearningBroodmates
1988
Sensory Dominance in Infants: 1. Six-Month-Old Infants’ Response to Auditory-Visual Compounds
Lewkowicz D. Sensory Dominance in Infants: 1. Six-Month-Old Infants’ Response to Auditory-Visual Compounds. Developmental Psychology 1988, 24: 155-171. DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.24.2.155.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVisual componentsAuditory componentSensory dominanceCompound stimuliSeparate test trialsAuditory dominanceTemporal distinctivenessStimulus compoundsAuditory informationHabituation phaseTest trialsDiscriminative cueTest phaseSeries of studiesOlder infantsConsistent failureStimuliConsistent findingHabituationSix monthsInfantsTemporal characteristicsAuditoryCuesFindingsSensory Dominance in Infants: 2. Ten-Month-Old Infants’ Response to Auditory-Visual Compounds
Lewkowicz D. Sensory Dominance in Infants: 2. Ten-Month-Old Infants’ Response to Auditory-Visual Compounds. Developmental Psychology 1988, 24: 172-182. DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.24.2.172.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVisual componentsVisual modalityAuditory modalityAuditory componentSensory dominanceCompound stimuliHabituation phaseDiscriminative cueTemporal attributesSeries of studiesOlder infantsTemporal informationTemporal aspectsAuditorySeries of trialsMonths of ageInformation contextTemporal relationshipTen monthsInfantsCuesSalienceStimuliVisualsModalities