title: Visual language discrimination in infancy.
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.
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada. whitney@psych.ubc.ca
authors.forename: Whitney M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Weikum
authors.forename: Athena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vouloumanos
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Navarra
authors.forename: Salvador
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soto-Faraco
authors.forename: Núria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sebastián-Gallés
authors.forename: Janet F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Werker
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007804:Language Development; D019303:Multilingualism; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*