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Cascading and Multisensory Influences on Speech Perception Development Choi, Dawoon; Black, Alexis K.; Werker, Janet Feldman, 1951-

Abstract

Over the first weeks and months following birth, infants’ initial, broad-based perceptual sensitivities become honed to the characteristics of their native language. In this paper, we review this process of emerging specialization within the context of a cascading “critical period” (CP) framework, in which periods of maximal openness to experience of different aspects of language occur at sequential, overlapping points in development. Importantly, as infants’ experience of speech is not limited to auditory signals, but is informed by – for example – their experience of talking faces and their own oral motor movements, we review the trajectory of perceptual specialization in multisensory language processing. Throughout, we highlight the impact of increasing perceptual specialization on later language outcomes (e.g. word learning, foundations of syntax, literacy), and consider how the outcomes can be compromised if/when the timing of perceptual specialization has been perturbed.

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Cascading and Multisensory Influences on Speech Perception Development
Creator
Choi, Dawoon; Black, Alexis K.; Werker, Janet Feldman, 1951-
Publisher
Wiley
Date Issued
2018-01-30
Description
Over the first weeks and months following birth, infants’ initial, broad-based perceptual sensitivities become honed to the characteristics of their native language. In this paper, we review this process of emerging specialization within the context of a cascading “critical period” (CP) framework, in which periods of maximal openness to experience of different aspects of language occur at sequential, overlapping points in development. Importantly, as infants’ experience of speech is not limited to auditory signals, but is informed by – for example – their experience of talking faces and their own oral motor movements, we review the trajectory of perceptual specialization in multisensory language processing. Throughout, we highlight the impact of increasing perceptual specialization on later language outcomes (e.g. word learning, foundations of syntax, literacy), and consider how the outcomes can be compromised if/when the timing of perceptual specialization has been perturbed.
Subject
Infant; Neurodevelopment; Language acquisition; Speech perception; Multisensory; Critical periods
Genre
Article; Postprint
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2019-12-19
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0387226
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/72864
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; Linguistics, Department of; Psychology, Department of
Citation
Choi, D., Black, A., & Werker, J.F. (2018). Cascading and multisensory influences on speech perception development. Mind, Brain, & Education, 12(4), 212-223.
Publisher DOI
10.1111/mbe.12162
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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