2024
Time Course of Attention to a Talker’s Mouth in Monolingual and Close-Language Bilingual Children
Birulés J, Bosch L, Lewkowicz D, Pons F. Time Course of Attention to a Talker’s Mouth in Monolingual and Close-Language Bilingual Children. Developmental Psychology 2024, 60: 135-143. PMID: 37917490, DOI: 10.1037/dev0001659.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChild's native languageNative languageNonnative languageSelective attentionEarly linguistic experienceLinguistic experienceBilingual childrenSpanish monolingualsTalker's eyesMonolingualsLanguageTalker's faceTalker's mouthChildren's deploymentBilingualsTalkersEqual attentionTemporal dynamicsDifferential effectsCatalanAttentionUtterancesChildrenFaceTime course
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 attention
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