2022
Top-down sensory prediction in the infant brain at 6 months is correlated with language development at 12 and 18 months
Wang S, Zhang X, Hong T, Tzeng OJL, Aslin R. Top-down sensory prediction in the infant brain at 6 months is correlated with language development at 12 and 18 months. Brain And Language 2022, 230: 105129. PMID: 35576737, DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2022.105129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMacArthur-Bates Communicative Development InventoriesLanguage developmentSensory predictionsVocabulary scoresVocabulary developmentVisual stimuliOccipital cortex activationCommunicative Development InventoryInfant language developmentExpressive vocabulary scoresInfants' vocabulary developmentNeural levelUnexpected omissionAuditory stimuliDevelopment InventoryNeural responsesCortex activationInfant brainNeural signalsPrevious researchStimuliSignificant positive correlationRobust supportMonthsScores
2008
Visual speech contributes to phonetic learning in 6-month-old infants
Teinonen T, Aslin RN, Alku P, Csibra G. Visual speech contributes to phonetic learning in 6-month-old infants. Cognition 2008, 108: 850-855. PMID: 18590910, DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2008.05.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual speechPhoneme discriminationVisual articulationPhonetic category learningPhonetic learningAuditory tokensCategory learningFacial displaysPreference procedureLanguage developmentSame syllablePhoneme boundariesSpeech articulationVisual informationSpeechVowel articulationPrevious researchGroups of infantsLearningUnimodal frequency distributionsParticular infantArticulationDiscriminationSyllablesTokens
2005
The Role of Embodied Intention in Early Lexical Acquisition
Yu C, Ballard D, Aslin R. The Role of Embodied Intention in Early Lexical Acquisition. Cognitive Science 2005, 29: 961-1005. PMID: 21702799, DOI: 10.1207/s15516709cog0000_40.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWord-meaning associationsLexical acquisitionReferential intentionsSocial cognitive skillsEarly lexical acquisitionInfant language developmentDifferent learning conditionsBody movementsCognitive skillsMultisensory signalsWord discoveryIndividual wordsLanguage developmentLearning conditionsHuman participantsContinuous speechComputational roleSound patternsLexical itemsContextual informationDeictic referenceComputational modelEmpirical findingsWordsIntentionNear-infrared spectroscopy for functional studies of brain activity in human infants: promise, prospects, and challenges
Aslin RN, Mehler J. Near-infrared spectroscopy for functional studies of brain activity in human infants: promise, prospects, and challenges. Journal Of Biomedical Optics 2005, 10: 011009-0110093. PMID: 15847575, DOI: 10.1117/1.1854672.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThirty Years of Research on Infant Speech Perception: The Legacy of Peter W. Jusczyk
Gerken L, Aslin R. Thirty Years of Research on Infant Speech Perception: The Legacy of Peter W. Jusczyk. Language Learning And Development 2005, 1: 5-21. DOI: 10.1207/s15473341lld0101_3.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1989
The Language Environment of the Young Infant: Implications for Early Perceptual Development*
Cooper R, Aslin R. The Language Environment of the Young Infant: Implications for Early Perceptual Development*. Canadian Journal Of Psychology/Revue Canadienne De Psychologie 1989, 43: 247-265. PMID: 2486498, DOI: 10.1037/h0084216.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly auditory experienceAuditory experienceAuditory preferenceYoung infantsEarly perceptual developmentLater language developmentEarly language processingYoung infants' useFormation of preferencesPerceptual developmentInfant attentionAuditory eventsAuditory informationLanguage developmentInfants' useLanguage environmentLanguage processingRecent researchExperiencePotential implicationsImplicationsAttentionSpeechPreferencesSaliency