Auditory observation of infant-directed speech by mothers: Experience-dependent interaction between language and emotion in the basal ganglia

Auditory observation of infant-directed speech by mothers: Experience-dependent interaction between language and emotion in the basal ganglia

Adults address infants with a special speech register known as infant-directed speech (IDS), which conveys both linguistic and emotional information through its characteristic lexicon and exaggerated prosody (e.g., higher pitched, slower, and hyperarticulated). Although caregivers are known to regul...

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Main Authors: Yoshi-Taka eMatsuda, Kenichi eUeno, Kang eCheng, Yukuo eKonishi, Reiko eMazuka, Kazuo eOkanoya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
Basal Ganglia
Maternal Behavior
emotion
experience-dependent
fMRI
language development
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00907/full

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