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 onesAttention to audiovisual speech does not facilitate language acquisition in infants with familial history of autism
Chawarska K, Lewkowicz D, Feiner H, Macari S, Vernetti A. Attention to audiovisual speech does not facilitate language acquisition in infants with familial history of autism. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2022, 63: 1466-1476. PMID: 35244219, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13595.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExpressive language scoresLanguage outcomesAudiovisual cuesSpeaker's faceLanguage scoresLanguage acquisitionLanguage delayBetter language outcomesSiblings of childrenFamilial riskLow familial riskPoor language outcomesLow-risk infantsAudiovisual speechIntact attentionSpeech cuesHigh familial riskPromising endophenotypeASD diagnosisSpeech processingCuesHigh-risk infantsAutismASDFace