2014
Infant 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
2012
The critical role of experience in the early development of multisensory perception
Lewkowicz D. The critical role of experience in the early development of multisensory perception. Multisensory Research 2012, 25: 200-200. DOI: 10.1163/187847612x648297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultisensory perceptionInfants' responsesSelective attentionHuman infantsDeprivation studiesAudio-visual synchronyExperience-dependent processesDramatic developmental shiftPerceptual narrowingPerceptual skillsProsody cuesMultisensory developmentPerceptual tuningEarly experienceExperience interactsProgram of researchHuman infancyExperience contributesSpeech domainAdult responsivenessDevelopmental shiftBehavioral developmentDevelopmental changesPerceptionParadoxical effect
2011
Paradoxical psychological functioning in early child development
Pascual-Leone A, Ramachandran V, Cole J, Della Sala S, Manly T, Mayes A, Sacks O, Lewkowicz D, Ghazanfar A. Paradoxical psychological functioning in early child development. 2011, 110-129. DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511978098.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSensory inputOlder infantsEarly child developmentYoung infantsMultisensory coherencePerceptual narrowingSpeech contrastsMultisensory eventsPerceptual developmentPerceptual sensitivityRace facesPerceptual tuningPsychological functioningCognitive skillsSpeech gesturesMusical rhythmChild developmentNative inputEmergence of specializationDifferent culturesEarly infancyVocalizationsDevelopmental processesFunctioningGestures
2010
The Ontogeny of Human Multisensory Object Perception: A Constructivist Account
Lewkowicz D. The Ontogeny of Human Multisensory Object Perception: A Constructivist Account. 2010, 303-327. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5615-6_16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObject conceptsMultisensory inputsLow-level perceptual cuesAudio-visual sequencesPerceptual narrowingMultisensory attributesIntersensory relationsInfants' perceptionMultisensory cuesObject perceptionIntersensory developmentPerceptual tuningPerceptual cuesUnacknowledged processSelective experienceConstructivist accountTheoretical viewsOlder infantsDevelopmental differentiationYoung infantsCuesEmpirical findingsPerceptionDevelopmental integrationInfancyIntersensory 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 callsPerception