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 situationsFaceParticipantsDoes any mother’s body odor stimulate interest in mother’s face in 4‐month‐old infants?
Durand K, Schaal B, Goubet N, Lewkowicz D, Baudouin J. Does any mother’s body odor stimulate interest in mother’s face in 4‐month‐old infants? Infancy 2020, 25: 151-164. PMID: 32749059, DOI: 10.1111/infa.12322.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMother's body odorMother's faceStranger's faceFemale facesBody odorControl odorEffects of olfactionMultisensory perceptionVisual processingVisual preferenceExperiment 1Experiment 2Pervasive aspectOlfactory stimulationFaceBody of evidenceOdorInfantsPerceptionProcessingInfancyOlfactionContextMothersFindings
2014
Categorical congruence facilitates multisensory associative learning
Barenholtz E, Lewkowicz D, Davidson M, Mavica L. Categorical congruence facilitates multisensory associative learning. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 2014, 21: 1346-1352. PMID: 24671776, PMCID: PMC6469507, DOI: 10.3758/s13423-014-0612-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman voiceMultisensory propertiesNonhuman stimuliArbitrary associationsAssociative learningMale facesAssociative pairsAnimal picturesExperiment 1Experiment 2Inanimate objectsIndividual objectsMale voiceLearningFemale voiceDaily lifeFaceObjectsPrivileged formCongruencyVoiceStimuliVocalizationsPictureInfant perception of audio-visual speech synchrony in familiar and unfamiliar fluent speech
Pons F, Lewkowicz D. Infant perception of audio-visual speech synchrony in familiar and unfamiliar fluent speech. Acta Psychologica 2014, 149: 142-147. PMID: 24576508, DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.12.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFluent speechLinguistic experienceLanguage familiarity effectSpecific linguistic experienceAudio-visual synchronyVideo clipsLanguage familiarityLinguistic inputAudiovisual syllablesInfants' perceptionPerceptual tuningFamiliarity effectMonolingual SpanishExperiment 1Experiment 2Infants' responsesSpanish infantsInfant studiesSpeechSame videoCatalanSpanishSynchronous videoTemporal relationsAudio stream
2013
Development of ordinal sequence perception in infancy
Lewkowicz D. Development of ordinal sequence perception in infancy. Developmental Science 2013, 16: 352-364. PMID: 23587035, PMCID: PMC3954567, DOI: 10.1111/desc.12029.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Single-object consistency facilitates multisensory pair learning: Evidence for unitization
Barenholtz E, Lewkowicz D, Kogelschatz L. Single-object consistency facilitates multisensory pair learning: Evidence for unitization. Multisensory Research 2012, 25: 11-11. DOI: 10.1163/187847612x646343.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociative learningSpecialized learning mechanismsSingle objectMultisensory propertiesMultisensory attributesIncongruent pairsSuperior learningTemporal synchronyExperiment 3Animal picturesExperiment 1Experiment 2Alternative cuesHuman faceLearning mechanismPair learningSingle representationLearningFaceObjectsCuesUnitizationSimilar advantagesVocalizationsVoice
2010
Intersensory Perception at Birth: Newborns Match Nonhuman Primate Faces and Voices
Lewkowicz D, Leo I, Simion F. Intersensory Perception at Birth: Newborns Match Nonhuman Primate Faces and Voices. Infancy 2010, 15: 46-60. PMID: 32693457, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7078.2009.00005.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPerceptual tuningVocal gesturesSound conditionsIntersensory perceptionTone analogsSynchrony relationsPrimate facesPreference procedureExperiment 1Experiment 2Monkey callsHuman faceSilent conditionsNewborn detectionGesturesVocalizationsAudible callsMonths of ageSound trialsFaceNatural callsPerceptionInfant Perception of Audio-Visual Speech Synchrony
Lewkowicz D. Infant Perception of Audio-Visual Speech Synchrony. Developmental Psychology 2010, 46: 66-77. PMID: 20053007, DOI: 10.1037/a0015579.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
The decline of cross-species intersensory perception in human infants: Underlying mechanisms and its developmental persistence
Lewkowicz D, Sowinski R, Place S. The decline of cross-species intersensory perception in human infants: Underlying mechanisms and its developmental persistence. Brain Research 2008, 1242: 291-302. PMID: 18486112, PMCID: PMC2612707, DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.03.084.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProcessing deficitsExperiment 1Developmental declineMonth old infantsVisual processing deficitsAuditory processing deficitsIntersensory integrationIntersensory perceptionIntersensory matchingMonkey vocalizationsExperiment 3Monkey callsExperiment 2Developmental persistenceHuman infantsCross-species matchingHuman developmentCurrent studyEarly human developmentAge groupsPrior evidenceDeficitsIntersensoryPerceptionLatest developments
2006
Perception of audiovisual rhythm and its invariance in 4‐ to 10‐month‐old infants
Lewkowicz D, Marcovitch S. Perception of audiovisual rhythm and its invariance in 4‐ to 10‐month‐old infants. Developmental Psychobiology 2006, 48: 288-300. PMID: 16617468, DOI: 10.1002/dev.20140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTest trialsRelative temporal differencesTemporal pattern changesRhythmic patternsNovel tempoExperiment 1Experiment 2Pattern invarianceHuman infantsNovel rhythmFamiliar rhythmsTempo variationsPerceptionTempoMonths of ageTypes of changesRhythmic fashionInfantsInvarianceTrialsTemporal differencesRhythmAgeSuch patternsObjects
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 relationsInfantsSynchronyDiscriminationRelationEventsSound induces perceptual reorganization of an ambiguous motion display in human infants
Scheier C, Lewkowicz D, Shimojo S. Sound induces perceptual reorganization of an ambiguous motion display in human infants. Developmental Science 2003, 6: 233-241. DOI: 10.1111/1467-7687.00276.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmbiguous visual displayVisual displayIllusory perceptionIdentical visual displaysAmbiguous motion displaysExperiment 2 infantsPerceptual reorganizationAttentional mechanismsVisual eventsObject knowledgeMotion displaysDevelopmental emergenceIdentical objectsBrief soundsExperiment 1Illusory effectsHuman infantsDevelopmental changesResponse recoveryPerceptionSpatial coincidenceSoundMonths of ageObjectsDisplay