Predictive brain signals mediate association between shared reading and expressive vocabulary in infants
Wang S, Tzeng O, Aslin R. Predictive brain signals mediate association between shared reading and expressive vocabulary in infants. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0272438. PMID: 35921370, PMCID: PMC9348734, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExpressive vocabularyShared reading experiencesReading experienceBrain signalsExpressive vocabulary acquisitionEfficient language processingFurther mediation analysisUnique varianceUpcoming informationVocabulary acquisitionLanguage learningMediation analysisInfant brainLanguage processingVocabularyPredictive signalsMaternal educationOccipital lobeExperiencePresent studyTaskFirst evidenceLearningReadingProcessing