2023
Robust holistic face processing in early childhood during the COVID-19 pandemic
Yates T, Lewkowicz D. Robust holistic face processing in early childhood during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Of Experimental Child Psychology 2023, 232: 105676. PMID: 37018972, PMCID: PMC9998297, DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2023.105676.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHolistic face perceptionHolistic face processingFace processingMasked facesFace perceptionResponse accuracyTwo-alternative forced-choice taskEarly childhoodForced-choice taskHolistic processingHolistic faceDevelopmental emergenceOnline testing platformComposite facesCOVID-19 pandemicVisible facesChildren's exposureParental questionnairePerceptionChildhoodProcessingFaceChildrenAge groupsDegree of exposure
2022
Violation of non‐adjacent rule dependencies elicits greater attention to a talker's mouth in 15‐month‐old infants
Birulés J, Martinez‐Alvarez A, Lewkowicz D, de Diego‐Balaguer R, Pons F. Violation of non‐adjacent rule dependencies elicits greater attention to a talker's mouth in 15‐month‐old infants. Infancy 2022, 27: 963-971. PMID: 35833310, PMCID: PMC9542527, DOI: 10.1111/infa.12489.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-adjacent dependenciesTalker's mouthTest trialsAudiovisual speechSelective attentionAuditory speechTalker's faceInfant attentionInfants' discriminationFamiliar trialsArtificial languageLanguage acquisitionSpeech processingMore salientSpeechSame languageFaceNovel trialMonths of ageAttentionLanguageDiscriminationAuditoryActressNovel ones
2020
Does any mother’s body odor stimulate interest in mother’s face in 4‐month‐old infants?
Durand K, Schaal B, Goubet N, Lewkowicz D, Baudouin J. Does any mother’s body odor stimulate interest in mother’s face in 4‐month‐old infants? Infancy 2020, 25: 151-164. PMID: 32749059, DOI: 10.1111/infa.12322.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMother's body odorMother's faceStranger's faceFemale facesBody odorControl odorEffects of olfactionMultisensory perceptionVisual processingVisual preferenceExperiment 1Experiment 2Pervasive aspectOlfactory stimulationFaceBody of evidenceOdorInfantsPerceptionProcessingInfancyOlfactionContextMothersFindings
2019
Twelve-month-old infants’ attention to the eyes of a talking face is associated with communication and social skills
Pons F, Bosch L, Lewkowicz D. Twelve-month-old infants’ attention to the eyes of a talking face is associated with communication and social skills. Infant Behavior And Development 2019, 54: 80-84. PMID: 30634137, DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2018.12.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTalker's eyesTwelve-month-old infantsAdaptive behaviour questionnaireInfant attentionSocial abilitiesSocial skillsEye gazeBSID-IIICommunication subscaleToddler DevelopmentBayley ScalesMonth old infantsBehavior QuestionnairePositive relationshipAttentionTobiiGazeSubscalesSkillsScoresSocialInfantsCommunicationFaceQuestionnaire
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 origins of cortical multisensory dynamics: Evidence from human infants
Werchan D, Baumgartner H, Lewkowicz D, Amso D. The origins of cortical multisensory dynamics: Evidence from human infants. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2018, 34: 75-81. PMID: 30099263, PMCID: PMC6629259, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2018.07.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe 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 ageUtterancesCuesAttentionTalkersFaceSalienceGazeLexiconInfantsLearning of hierarchical serial patterns emerges in infancy
Lewkowicz D, Schmuckler M, Mangalindan D. Learning of hierarchical serial patterns emerges in infancy. Developmental Psychobiology 2018, 60: 243-255. PMID: 29457647, DOI: 10.1002/dev.21614.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Overcoming the other‐race effect in infancy with multisensory redundancy: 10–12‐month‐olds discriminate dynamic other‐race faces producing speech
Minar N, Lewkowicz D. Overcoming the other‐race effect in infancy with multisensory redundancy: 10–12‐month‐olds discriminate dynamic other‐race faces producing speech. Developmental Science 2017, 21: e12604. PMID: 28944541, DOI: 10.1111/desc.12604.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAudio-Visual Perception of Gender by Infants Emerges Earlier for Adult-Directed Speech
Richoz A, Quinn P, de Boisferon A, Berger C, Loevenbruck H, Lewkowicz D, Lee K, Dole M, Caldara R, Pascalis O. Audio-Visual Perception of Gender by Infants Emerges Earlier for Adult-Directed Speech. PLOS ONE 2017, 12: e0169325. PMID: 28060872, PMCID: PMC5218491, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169325.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdult-directed speechAbility of infantsMultisensory abilitiesAudiovisual speechMultisensory perceptionPerceptual experienceVisual perceptionMale facesVisual categorizationSpeech mannersSocial interactionGender informationPerceive genderSpeechMale voiceCurrent studyPerceptionAdultsFaceGenderEmotionsAbilityVoiceFindingsInfants
2015
Bilingualism 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 findingsPerceptionMonologueSynchronyFaceInfancyCuesCoherenceSkillsCategorical congruence facilitates multisensory associative learning
Barenholtz E, Lewkowicz D, Davidson M, Mavica L. Categorical congruence facilitates multisensory associative learning. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 2014, 21: 1346-1352. PMID: 24671776, PMCID: PMC6469507, DOI: 10.3758/s13423-014-0612-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman voiceMultisensory propertiesNonhuman stimuliArbitrary associationsAssociative learningMale facesAssociative pairsAnimal picturesExperiment 1Experiment 2Inanimate objectsIndividual objectsMale voiceLearningFemale voiceDaily lifeFaceObjectsPrivileged formCongruencyVoiceStimuliVocalizationsPictureInfant 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 streamInfants Are Not Sensitive to Synesthetic Cross-Modality Correspondences
Lewkowicz D, Minar N. Infants Are Not Sensitive to Synesthetic Cross-Modality Correspondences. Psychological Science 2014, 25: 832-834. PMID: 24463555, PMCID: PMC3954909, DOI: 10.1177/0956797613516011.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Eye-Catching Odors: Olfaction Elicits Sustained Gazing to Faces and Eyes in 4-Month-Old Infants
Durand K, Baudouin J, Lewkowicz D, Goubet N, Schaal B. Eye-Catching Odors: Olfaction Elicits Sustained Gazing to Faces and Eyes in 4-Month-Old Infants. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e70677. PMID: 24015175, PMCID: PMC3756010, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070677.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMother's body odorGroups of infantsFour-month-old infantsEarly social attentionPictures of facesNon-visual cuesBody odorOlder infantsInfantsEye movement tracking systemInfant attentionSocial attentionVisual targetsVisual gazeSpontaneous preferenceOdor conditionContextual effectsEyesControl conditionVisual explorationFaceFacial regionThe Audiovisual Temporal Binding Window Narrows in Early Childhood
Lewkowicz D, Flom R. The Audiovisual Temporal Binding Window Narrows in Early Childhood. Child Development 2013, 85: 685-694. PMID: 23888869, PMCID: PMC3954953, DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12142.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDevelopment 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
Perception of audio-visual speech synchrony in Spanish-speaking children with and without specific language impairment*
PONS F, ANDREU L, SANZ-TORRENT M, BUIL-LEGAZ L, LEWKOWICZ D. Perception of audio-visual speech synchrony in Spanish-speaking children with and without specific language impairment*. Journal Of Child Language 2012, 40: 687-700. PMID: 22874648, PMCID: PMC3954717, DOI: 10.1017/s0305000912000189.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecific language impairmentSpanish-speaking childrenSpeech perceptionAudiovisual asynchronyLanguage impairmentAuditory speech perceptionVisual articulatory informationTypical language developmentEye-tracking studyVisual speechAuditory componentArticulatory informationLanguage developmentTemporal synchronySpeech attributesVisual componentsDifficulty of speechPerceptionAsynchronyVisual aspectsSpeechChildrenSynchronySpanishImpairmentInfants 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