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
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
The multisensory cocktail party problem in children: Synchrony-based segregation of multiple talking faces improves in early childhood
Lewkowicz D, Schmuckler M, Agrawal V. The multisensory cocktail party problem in children: Synchrony-based segregation of multiple talking faces improves in early childhood. Cognition 2022, 228: 105226. PMID: 35882100, DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105226.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerceptual segregationTalking faceSame utteranceCocktail party problemEarly childhoodAV speechAudiovisual speechTalker's mouthSelective attentionMultiple talkersDevelopmental emergenceEye trackingParty problemTalkersDifferent facesSpeechUtterancesChildrenFaceChildhoodAttentionPowerful basisMeaningful informationSynchronyVersion
2020
Stability of Variables Derived From Measures of Multisensory Function in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Dunham K, Feldman J, Liu Y, Cassidy M, Conrad J, Santapuram P, Suzman E, Tu A, Butera I, Simon D, Broderick N, Wallace M, Lewkowicz D, Woynaroski T. Stability of Variables Derived From Measures of Multisensory Function in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder. American Journal On Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities 2020, 125: 287-303. PMID: 32609807, PMCID: PMC8903073, DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-125.4.287.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultisensory functionMultisensory processingSimultaneity judgment taskEye-tracking taskAutism spectrum disorderStability of variablesSchool-aged childrenAudiovisual speechMcGurk effectJudgment taskNoise taskSpectrum disorderAveraging scoresTaskEffects of interestFuture researchElectroencephalographic recordingsASDStability of indicesChildrenDifferent measuresImportant implicationsMeasuresProcessingListening
2013
Perception of audio-visual speech synchrony in Spanish-speaking children with and without specific language impairment – CORRIGENDUM
PONS F, ANDREU L, SANZTORRENT M, BUILLEGAZ L, LEWKOWICZ D. Perception of audio-visual speech synchrony in Spanish-speaking children with and without specific language impairment – CORRIGENDUM. Journal Of Child Language 2013, 40: 701-701. DOI: 10.1017/s0305000913000202.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 aspectsSpeechChildrenSynchronySpanishImpairment