2020
Highly proficient L2 speakers still need to attend to a talker’s mouth when processing L2 speech
Birulés J, Bosch L, Pons F, Lewkowicz D. Highly proficient L2 speakers still need to attend to a talker’s mouth when processing L2 speech. Language Cognition And Neuroscience 2020, 35: 1314-1325. DOI: 10.1080/23273798.2020.1762905.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchL2 speakersTalker's mouthNative speakersSecond language speechNon-native languageNon-native speakersProficient L2 speakersL2 speechLanguage proficiencyNative speechTalker's eyesSpeakersTalker's faceSuch attentionExperiment 1Experiment 2SpeechLanguageSpanishProficiencyAttentionTalkersProcessing situationsFaceParticipants
2009
Narrowing of intersensory speech perception in infancy
Pons F, Lewkowicz D, Soto-Faraco S, Sebastián-Gallés N. Narrowing of intersensory speech perception in infancy. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2009, 106: 10598-10602. PMID: 19541648, PMCID: PMC2705579, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0904134106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerceptual narrowingNon-native phonetic contrastsNon-native languageMultisensory speechPerceptual inputPhonetic contrastsSpeech perceptionPerceptual systemAudiovisual correspondencesCognitive developmentLanguage domainsPhonological systemInfants' responsesMonths of ageDevelopmental processesAcquisitionConventional viewLanguageSpeechPerceptionMusicIncremental processFindingsStriking findingVocalizations