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. 2007 May 25;316(5828):1159.
doi: 10.1126/science.1137686.

Visual language discrimination in infancy

Whitney M Weikum  1 , Athena Vouloumanos, Jordi Navarra, Salvador Soto-Faraco, Núria Sebastián-Gallés, Janet F Werker
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Visual language discrimination in infancy

Whitney M Weikum et al. Science. .

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.

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