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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Infant language"”.
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The role of siblings on infant language exposure in daylong audio recordings
… how family characteristics contribute to language produced in homes. Specifically exploring the effects of older siblings on the amounts and types of child- directed and overheard speech that infants hear. To address this, this study analyzed 76 daylong audio home recordings from 26 …
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Parental Mind-Mindedness And Language Development In Early Infancy
… and stimulation, are linked to children’s early language. Mind-mindedness refers to mothers’ proclivity to consider and treat their infant as having an active and autonomous mental life of thoughts, intentions, desires, etc. Mind-mindedness is a foundation of parental sensitivity and …
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Parity and mothers' knowledge of infant development
… facto study assessed the level of knowledge of infant development of primiparous and multiparous mothers when the mothers' level of education was controlled. The conceptual framework of experiential learning was tested. The nonrandom sample of 54 mothers was comprised of first-time mothers and …
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ATTENDING TO LEARN WHILE LEARNING TO ATTEND: RECIPROCAL RELATIONS BETWEEN INFANT ATTENTION AND CONTINGENT CONTINGENT INTERACTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
… and meaningful back-and-forth exchanges between infant and caregiver, is a powerful feature of the early language environment. Research suggests that infants with better attentional skills engage in more social contingency during interactions with adults and that adult contingent responding …
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The semantic link: action & language : an investigation of relations between different cognitive domains in early development
The processing of language may derive, in part, from the ability to make sense of others’ actions or gestures. Therefore, in order to understand the emergence of cognitive structures supporting language, an understanding is required of the basic aspects of semantic expectations related to …
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Non-linguistic Influences on Infants' Nonnative Phoneme Perception: Exaggerated prosody and Visual Speech Information Aid Discrimination
Research indicates that infants lose the capacity to perceive distinctions in nonnative sounds as they become sensitive to the speech sounds of their native language (i.e., by 10- to 12-months of age). However, investigations into the decline in nonnative phonetic perception have neglected to …
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ENVIRONMENTAL CATALYSTS AND OROFACIAL KINEMATICS OF EMERGENT CANONICAL SYLLABLES
The vocalizations and jaw kinematics of 30 infants aged 6-8 months were recorded using a Motion Analysis System and audiovisual technologies. This study represents the first attempt to determine the effect of play environment on infants' rate of vocalization and jaw movement. Four play conditions …