Influence of eye gaze on spoken word processing : an ERP study with infants

Parise, Eugenio and Handl, Andrea and Palumbo, Letizia and Friederici, Angela D. (2011) Influence of eye gaze on spoken word processing : an ERP study with infants. Child Development, 82 (3). pp. 842-853. ISSN 0009-3920

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Abstract

Eye gaze is an important communicative signal, both as mutual eye contact and as referential gaze to objects. To examine whether attention to speech versus nonspeech stimuli in 4- to 5-month-olds (n = 15) varies as a function of eye gaze, event-related brain potentials were used. Faces with mutual or averted gaze were presented in combination with forward- or backward-spoken words. Infants rapidly processed gaze and spoken words in combination. A late Slow Wave suggests an interaction of the 2 factors, separating backward-spoken word + direct gaze from all other conditions. An additional experiment (n = 15) extended the results to referential gaze. The current findings suggest that interactions between visual and auditory cues are present early in infancy.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Child Development
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? pediatrics, perinatology, and child healtheducationdevelopmental and educational psychology ??
ID Code:
65723
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Deposited On:
16 Jul 2013 14:47
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Yes
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Published
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