2019
Twelve-month-old infants’ attention to the eyes of a talking face is associated with communication and social skills
Pons F, Bosch L, Lewkowicz D. Twelve-month-old infants’ attention to the eyes of a talking face is associated with communication and social skills. Infant Behavior And Development 2019, 54: 80-84. PMID: 30634137, DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2018.12.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTalker's eyesTwelve-month-old infantsAdaptive behaviour questionnaireInfant attentionSocial abilitiesSocial skillsEye gazeBSID-IIICommunication subscaleToddler DevelopmentBayley ScalesMonth old infantsBehavior QuestionnairePositive relationshipAttentionTobiiGazeSubscalesSkillsScoresSocialInfantsCommunicationFaceQuestionnaire
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 attentionThe 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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAttentionCuesFaceFemaleFixation, OcularHumansInfantMaleMouthSpeech PerceptionVerbal LearningConceptsTalker's mouthSpeech cuesAdult-directed mannerAudiovisual speech cuesWord learning phaseGreater perceptual salienceMonolingual infantsAttentional focusMonolingual EnglishPerceptual salienceEye gazeSpanish utterancesNative languageAcquisition phaseSpeech formsMonths of ageUtterancesCuesAttentionTalkersFaceSalienceGazeLexiconInfants
2016
Selective attention to a talker's mouth in infancy: role of audiovisual temporal synchrony and linguistic experience
de Boisferon A, Tift A, Minar N, Lewkowicz D. Selective attention to a talker's mouth in infancy: role of audiovisual temporal synchrony and linguistic experience. Developmental Science 2016, 20 PMID: 26743437, PMCID: PMC6340138, DOI: 10.1111/desc.12381.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAudio-visual synchronyTalker's mouthSelective attentionLinguistic experienceAudiovisual temporal synchronyAttentional focusBabbling phaseLanguage expertiseFluent speechEye gazeTemporal synchronySynchronized speechRelative attentionSpeechSynchronyMonths of ageAttentionTalkersLanguageExperienceGazeDesynchronizationInfantsUsual patternPrevious studies
2015
Language familiarity modulates relative attention to the eyes and mouth of a talker
Barenholtz E, Mavica L, Lewkowicz D. Language familiarity modulates relative attention to the eyes and mouth of a talker. Cognition 2015, 147: 100-105. PMID: 26649759, PMCID: PMC6367725, DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2015.11.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAudiovisual speech cuesUnfamiliar languageLanguage familiarityFamiliar languageSpeech cuesBilingual subjectsLanguage conditionsMonolingual subjectsTalker's mouthAttentional strategiesSpeech processingLanguageRelative attentionTalkersTaskCuesFamiliarityAttentionAdultsSpeechFindingsParticipantsGreat attentionSubjectsProcessingBilingualism 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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAttentionCuesFaceFemaleHumansInfantLanguage DevelopmentMaleMouthMultilingualismSpeech PerceptionConceptsBilingual infantsNonnative speechSelective attentionSpeech cuesAudiovisual speech cuesGreater perceptual salienceMonolingual infantsAudiovisual speechPerceptual salienceTalking faceBilingual inputBilingual environmentSocial interactionInfant's needsSpeechCuesPattern of responseAcquisition processAdaptive processLanguageAttentionEarly ageMonolingualsBilingualsFace
2013
Eye-Catching Odors: Olfaction Elicits Sustained Gazing to Faces and Eyes in 4-Month-Old Infants
Durand K, Baudouin J, Lewkowicz D, Goubet N, Schaal B. Eye-Catching Odors: Olfaction Elicits Sustained Gazing to Faces and Eyes in 4-Month-Old Infants. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e70677. PMID: 24015175, PMCID: PMC3756010, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070677.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMother's body odorGroups of infantsFour-month-old infantsEarly social attentionPictures of facesNon-visual cuesBody odorOlder infantsInfantsEye movement tracking systemInfant attentionSocial attentionVisual targetsVisual gazeSpontaneous preferenceOdor conditionContextual effectsEyesControl conditionVisual explorationFaceFacial region
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
2009
Sequence Learning in 4‐Month‐Old Infants: Do Infants Represent Ordinal Information?
Lewkowicz D, Berent I. Sequence Learning in 4‐Month‐Old Infants: Do Infants Represent Ordinal Information? Child Development 2009, 80: 1811-1823. PMID: 19930353, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01369.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSequence learning in infancy: the independent contributions of conditional probability and pair frequency information
Marcovitch S, Lewkowicz D. Sequence learning in infancy: the independent contributions of conditional probability and pair frequency information. Developmental Science 2009, 12: 1020-1025. PMID: 19840056, PMCID: PMC2769011, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00838.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2004
Perception of serial order in infants
Lewkowicz D. Perception of serial order in infants. Developmental Science 2004, 7: 175-184. PMID: 15320377, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2004.00336.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Learning and Discrimination of Audiovisual Events in Human Infants: The Hierarchical Relation Between Intersensory Temporal Synchrony and Rhythmic Pattern Cues
Lewkowicz D. Learning and Discrimination of Audiovisual Events in Human Infants: The Hierarchical Relation Between Intersensory Temporal Synchrony and Rhythmic Pattern Cues. Developmental Psychology 2003, 39: 795-804. PMID: 12952394, DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.39.5.795.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAudiovisual eventsPattern cuesOverall temporal structureDevelopment infantsInfants' perceptionSynchrony relationsTemporal synchronyExperiment 3Experiment 1Experiment 2Human infantsVisual componentsRhythmic eventsCuesTemporal structurePerceptionDesynchronizationHierarchical relationsInfantsSynchronyDiscriminationRelationEvents
2000
The Development of Intersensory Temporal Perception: An Epigenetic Systems/Limitations View
Lewkowicz D. The Development of Intersensory Temporal Perception: An Epigenetic Systems/Limitations View. Psychological Bulletin 2000, 126: 281-308. PMID: 10748644, DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.126.2.281.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTemporal perceptionTemporal processing skillsIntersensory integrationProcessing skillsTemporal relationsDevelopmental limitationsTemporal synchronyTemporal experienceIntegration mechanismsTemporal ratePerceptionSystems theoryTheoretical modelSynchronyHierarchical fashionSkillsTheorySequential fashionExperienceRelation
1998
Prenatal cocaine exposure and stimulus-seeking behaviors during the first year of life.
Freedland R, Karmel B, Gardner J, Lewkowicz D. Prenatal cocaine exposure and stimulus-seeking behaviors during the first year of life. Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences 1998, 846: 386-90. PMID: 9668432.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrenatal Cocaine Exposure and Stimulus‐Seeking Behaviors during the First Year of Lifea
Freedland R, Karmel B, Gardner J, Lewkowicz D. Prenatal Cocaine Exposure and Stimulus‐Seeking Behaviors during the First Year of Lifea. Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences 1998, 846: 386-390. PMID: 29087575, DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09762.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInfants' response to the audible and visible properties of the human face: II. Discrimination of differences between singing and adult‐directed speech
Lewkowicz D. Infants' response to the audible and visible properties of the human face: II. Discrimination of differences between singing and adult‐directed speech. Developmental Psychobiology 1998, 32: 261-274. PMID: 9589215, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2302(199805)32:4<261::aid-dev1>3.0.co;2-l.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcoustic StimulationAge FactorsAttentionChild DevelopmentDiscrimination, PsychologicalFaceFemaleFixation, OcularHabituation, PsychophysiologicHumansInfantInfant BehaviorMaleMultivariate AnalysisMusicPattern Recognition, VisualPhotic StimulationSex FactorsSingle-Blind MethodSpeech PerceptionTime FactorsVoiceConceptsAdult-directed mannerAdult-directed speechHuman faceSeparate test trialsDiscrimination of differencesInfant responsivenessTest trialsInfants' responsesMonths of agePrepared scriptAudible featuresVocal characteristicsVisible propertiesGender differencesSpeechSingingTypes of changesFacePersonsBimodal changeAge groupsVisible featuresInfantsMale personsBimodal feature
1996
Perception of Auditory-Visual Temporal Synchrony in Human Infants
Lewkowicz D. Perception of Auditory-Visual Temporal Synchrony in Human Infants. Journal Of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance 1996, 22: 1094-1106. PMID: 8865617, DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.22.5.1094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntersensory experience and early perceptual development: The role of spatial contiguity in bobwhite quail chicks' responsiveness to multimodal maternal cues
Lickliter R, Lewkowicz D, Columbus R. Intersensory experience and early perceptual development: The role of spatial contiguity in bobwhite quail chicks' responsiveness to multimodal maternal cues. Developmental Psychobiology 1996, 29: 403-416. PMID: 8809492, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2302(199607)29:5<403::aid-dev1>3.0.co;2-s.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostnatal sensory experienceMaternal auditorySensory experienceVisual cuesSpatial contiguityMaternal cuesEarly perceptual developmentAudio-visual integrationIntersensory relationsPerceptual developmentIntersensory integrationVisual eventsPerceptual responsivenessInfants' capacityVisual experienceCuesAuditoryChick's abilityLittle researchSpatial informationSpatial discrepanciesExperienceLarge bodyContiguityAbility
1992
Infants’ responsiveness to the auditory and visual attributes of a sounding/moving stimulus
Lewkowicz D. Infants’ responsiveness to the auditory and visual attributes of a sounding/moving stimulus. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics 1992, 52: 519-528. PMID: 1437484, DOI: 10.3758/bf03206713.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1981
Intersensory interaction in newborns: modification of visual preferences following exposure to sound.
Lewkowicz D, Turkewitz G. Intersensory interaction in newborns: modification of visual preferences following exposure to sound. Child Development 1981, 52: 827-32. PMID: 7285654, DOI: 10.2307/1129083.Peer-Reviewed Original Research