2018
The redeployment of attention to the mouth of a talking face during the second year of life
de Boisferon A, Tift A, Minar N, Lewkowicz D. The redeployment of attention to the mouth of a talking face during the second year of life. Journal Of Experimental Child Psychology 2018, 172: 189-200. PMID: 29627481, PMCID: PMC5920681, DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2018.03.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTalker's mouthSpeech cuesAdult-directed mannerAudiovisual speech cuesWord learning phaseGreater perceptual salienceMonolingual infantsAttentional focusMonolingual EnglishPerceptual salienceEye gazeSpanish utterancesNative languageAcquisition phaseSpeech formsMonths of ageUtterancesCuesAttentionTalkersFaceSalienceGazeLexiconInfants
2012
Infants deploy selective attention to the mouth of a talking face when learning speech
Lewkowicz D, Hansen-Tift A. Infants deploy selective attention to the mouth of a talking face when learning speech. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2012, 109: 1431-1436. PMID: 22307596, PMCID: PMC3277111, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1114783109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonnative speechEye gazeAdult's eye gazeAudiovisual speech cuesSpeech production abilitiesNonnative languageAudiovisual attentionPerceptual narrowingSpeech formsSelective attentionSpeech cuesAudiovisual cuesSocial cuesHuman infancySpeechCuesCurrent findingsLanguageEarly experienceSecond shiftAttentionEnglishMonologueRecitingGaze