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Janet F Werker1

  • 1Department of Psychology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The Journal of Pediatrics
|November 5, 2003
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Infants fine-tune speech perception to their native language within the first year, aiding language acquisition. Early nutrition impacts these perceptual shifts and subsequent word learning abilities.

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Linguistics
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Infants possess broad speech perception abilities at birth.
  • These abilities narrow to native language sounds during the first year.
  • This tuning is crucial for language acquisition.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Review research on infant speech perception tuning.
  • Illustrate how perceptual changes bootstrap language development.
  • Examine the link between perception, word learning, and early nutrition.

Main Methods:

  • Review of critical research on infant speech perception.
  • Analysis of studies linking perceptual advances to word learning.
  • Inclusion of research on clinical populations and early nutrition.

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Main Results:

  • Infants' perceptual sensitivities adapt to their native language.
  • Advances in speech perception correlate with word learning.
  • Early nutrition influences perceptual development and word learning.

Conclusions:

  • Infant speech perception tuning is a key mechanism for language acquisition.
  • Early nutrition plays a significant role in speech and language development.
  • Infant speech processing milestones can assess nutritional impacts on development.