| Literature DB >> 17525331 |
Whitney M Weikum1, Athena Vouloumanos, Jordi Navarra, Salvador Soto-Faraco, Núria Sebastián-Gallés, Janet F Werker.
Abstract
This study shows that 4- and 6-month-old infants can discriminate languages (English from French) just from viewing silently presented articulations. By the age of 8 months, only bilingual (French-English) infants succeed at this task. These findings reveal a surprisingly early preparedness for visual language discrimination and highlight infants' selectivity for retaining only necessary perceptual sensitivities.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17525331 DOI: 10.1126/science.1137686
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728