A Mechanistic Approach to Cross-Domain Perceptual Narrowing in the First Year of Life

A Mechanistic Approach to Cross-Domain Perceptual Narrowing in the First Year of Life

Language and face processing develop in similar ways during the first year of life. Early in the first year of life, infants demonstrate broad abilities for discriminating among faces and speech. These discrimination abilities then become tuned to frequently experienced groups of people or languages...

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Main Authors: Hillary Hadley, Gwyneth C. Rost, Eswen Fava, Lisa S. Scott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-12-01
Series:Brain Sciences
Subjects:
face perception
speech perception
word learning
perceptual narrowing
top-down
bottom-up
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/4/4/613

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