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 ResearchConceptsTalker's mouthSpeech cuesAdult-directed mannerAudiovisual speech cuesWord learning phaseGreater perceptual salienceMonolingual infantsAttentional focusMonolingual EnglishPerceptual salienceEye gazeSpanish utterancesNative languageAcquisition phaseSpeech formsMonths of ageUtterancesCuesAttentionTalkersFaceSalienceGazeLexiconInfants
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 ResearchConceptsBilingual infantsNonnative speechSelective attentionSpeech cuesAudiovisual speech cuesGreater perceptual salienceMonolingual infantsAudiovisual speechPerceptual salienceTalking faceBilingual inputBilingual environmentSocial interactionInfant's needsSpeechCuesPattern of responseAcquisition processAdaptive processLanguageAttentionEarly ageMonolingualsBilingualsFace
2014
Perception of the multisensory coherence of fluent audiovisual speech in infancy: Its emergence and the role of experience
Lewkowicz D, Minar N, Tift A, Brandon M. Perception of the multisensory coherence of fluent audiovisual speech in infancy: Its emergence and the role of experience. Journal Of Experimental Child Psychology 2014, 130: 147-162. PMID: 25462038, PMCID: PMC4258456, DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2014.10.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultisensory coherenceAudiovisual speechSpeech streamNon-native speechRole of experienceLearning infantsPerceptual expertisePerceptual narrowingAudiovisual synchronyFemale facesFluent speechVisible articulationDevelopmental emergenceTest trialsNative languageSpeechCurrent findingsPerceptionMonologueSynchronyFaceInfancyCuesCoherenceSkills
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
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
1996
Intersensory 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