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Continuous processing in word recognition at 24 months.

D Swingley1, J P Pinto, A Fernald

  • 1Department of Psychology, University Stanford, CA 94305, USA. daniel.swingley@mpi.nl

Cognition
|August 13, 1999
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By 24 months, children process spoken language incrementally, similar to adults. This study shows toddlers continuously interpret speech, updating their understanding as they hear words.

Area of Science:

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Adults continuously interpret speech, updating their understanding as acoustic-phonetic information is processed.
  • The developmental trajectory of continuous speech processing in young children is not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether 24-month-old children interpret spoken language continuously.
  • To compare children's speech processing with adult patterns.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a visual fixation technique with 24-month-old children and adults.
  • Measured reaction times (latency) to fixate target words in sentences presented with visual displays.
  • Employed phonetically similar (dog-doll) and rhyming (ball-doll) distractor stimuli.

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Main Results:

  • Children's fixation times were delayed by phonetically similar distractors but not rhyming distractors.
  • Adults exhibited similar patterns of response delays.
  • These findings indicate incremental monitoring of the speech stream for acoustic-phonetic information.

Conclusions:

  • By 24 months of age, children demonstrate continuous speech processing abilities.
  • Early childhood speech comprehension involves incremental interpretation of acoustic-phonetic details.
  • The findings suggest a foundational similarity between child and adult speech processing mechanisms.