2022
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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAutism Spectrum DisorderAutistic DisorderChildGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansInfantLanguage DevelopmentLanguage Development DisordersSpeechConceptsExpressive 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
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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAttentionChildChild, PreschoolCuesEyeFemaleFixation, OcularHumansInfantLanguageLanguage DevelopmentMaleMouthMultilingualismSpeech PerceptionConceptsTalker's mouthSpanish-learning infantsAudiovisual speech cuesClose languagesLanguage proximityLanguage backgroundEnglish monologuesMonolingual infantsSelective attentionTalker's eyesBilingualsLanguageCatalanGreater salienceSpeech cuesAudiovisual cuesSuch cuesCuesBilingualismMonologueEarly childhoodPrevious findingsAttentionTalkersGreat attention
2015
Bilingualism 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
2014
Infants Are Not Sensitive to Synesthetic Cross-Modality Correspondences
Lewkowicz D, Minar N. Infants Are Not Sensitive to Synesthetic Cross-Modality Correspondences. Psychological Science 2014, 25: 832-834. PMID: 24463555, PMCID: PMC3954909, DOI: 10.1177/0956797613516011.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2000
Infants' Perception of the Audible, Visible, and Bimodal Attributes of Multimodal Syllables
Lewkowicz D. Infants' Perception of the Audible, Visible, and Bimodal Attributes of Multimodal Syllables. Child Development 2000, 71: 1241-1257. PMID: 11108094, DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00226.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfants' perceptionAdult-directed mannerAudiovisual synchronyFeatural informationMultimodal speechNovel personSyllablesMonths infantsNovel syllablesPerceptionSame personAge groupsAttribute changesImportant dimensionTypes of changesPersonsDetection of changesSpeechAsynchronyEarly developmentHabituationInfantsAttributesSynchrony