title: Infant Diet-Related Changes in Syllable Processing Between 4 and 5 Months: Implications for Developing Native Language Sensitivity.
abstract: Since maturational processes triggering increased attunement to native language features in early infancy are sensitive to dietary factors, infant-diet related differences in brain processing of native-language speech stimuli might indicate variations in the onset of this tuning process. We measured cortical responses (ERPs) to syllables in 4 and 5 month old infants fed breast milk, milk formula, or soy formula and found syllable discrimination (P350) and syntactic-related functions (P600) but not syllable perception (P170) varied by diet, but not gender or background measures. The results suggest breastfed and formula-fed infants differ in onset of this critical period in speech perception.
authors.affiliation: a Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center , Little Rock , Arkansas.|b Department of Pediatrics and the Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute , University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences , Little Rock , Arkansas.
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Pivik
authors.affiliation: a Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center , Little Rock , Arkansas.|b Department of Pediatrics and the Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute , University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences , Little Rock , Arkansas.
authors.forename: Aline
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andres
authors.affiliation: b Department of Pediatrics and the Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute , University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences , Little Rock , Arkansas.
authors.forename: Shasha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.affiliation: a Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center , Little Rock , Arkansas.|b Department of Pediatrics and the Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute , University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences , Little Rock , Arkansas.
authors.forename: Mario A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cleves
authors.affiliation: a Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center , Little Rock , Arkansas.
authors.forename: Kevin B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Tennal
authors.affiliation: a Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center , Little Rock , Arkansas.
authors.forename: Yuyuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.affiliation: a Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center , Little Rock , Arkansas.|b Department of Pediatrics and the Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute , University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences , Little Rock , Arkansas.
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Badger
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D041943:Infant Formula; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D007804:Language Development; D008297:Male; D008895:Milk, Human; D041942:Soy Milk; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*