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 attention
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 attentionSubjectsProcessing