说话者的眼神是否有助于婴儿从连续演讲中对单词进行细分? 一个ERP研究研究
Melis Çetinçelik1, Caroline F Rowland1,2, Tineke M Snijders1,2,3
1Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Gelderland, The Netherlands.
Developmental science
|August 8, 2023
概括
十个月大的婴儿可以从视听语言中分割单词,即使没有直接的眼神接触. 然而,演讲者的目光会影响熟悉词语的处理方式,在直视条件下显示出独特的大脑反应.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 认知神经科学 认知神经科学
- 语言学的语言学.
背景情况:
- 婴儿语言学习发生在具有社会线索的多式联络环境中.
- 诸如眼神接触等社会线索对早期语音感知的影响需要进一步研究.
研究的目的:
- 评估通过发言人的目光标志着表面的言语如何影响婴儿的单词细分能力.
- 为了研究不同注视条件下的婴儿与词汇熟悉相关的电生理反应.
主要方法:
- 在10个月大的荷兰学习婴儿中使用了对脑电图 (EEG) 的熟悉-然后-测试范式.
- 婴儿接触到视听故事,扬声器使用直接或转移的目光.
- 通过与事件相关的潜力 (ERP) 来评估单词的熟悉性,以对仅有音频的熟悉和新奇单词进行评估.
主要成果:
- 婴儿在左额头区域对熟悉的单词表现出负面的ERP熟悉性效应,表明成功的单词细分.
- 这种左前效应不管演讲者的目光方向如何,都是一致的.
- 在右前中心和中央电极上观察到一个积极的ERP熟悉效应,仅在直接注视条件下.
结论:
- 电生理学证据证实,婴儿有能力分隔来自视听语言的单词,而不管说话者的表现如何.
- 发言人的目光方向似乎调节了熟悉单词的处理,这表明在基本细分之外的早期语言理解中发挥了作用.
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