晚到中度早产产对最小对单词学习的影响
Clément François1, Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells2,3,4, Xim Cerda-Company2,3
1CNRS, LPL, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France.
Child development
|September 5, 2024
概括
晚期早产会影响婴儿的语言发展,阻碍单词的学习. 满期婴儿成功地学会了新词,而早产婴儿则难以区分最小的对.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 语言学的语言学.
- 新生儿研究新生儿研究
背景情况:
- 晚到中度的早产是全球最常见的早产形式.
- 了解其对语言发展的长期影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究18个月大的满期和晚期到中期的早产婴儿的最小对单词学习能力.
- 评估早产对早期语言协会学习机制的影响.
主要方法:
- 习惯阶段:婴儿将伪词 (语音发声时间不同的最小对) 与新奇的对象联系起来.
- 视觉选择测试:评估识别新和熟悉的词对象关联.
- 参与者:18个满期 (平均GA39.6周) 和18个晚到中度早产婴儿 (平均GA33.7周).
主要成果:
- 满期婴儿成功地将新的最小对单词映射到对象 (d=1.57).
- 晚期到中期的早产婴儿在学习这些单词对方面表现显著下降 (d=0.17).
结论:
- 晚到中度的早产可能会对语言学习至关重要的基本关联学习产生负面影响.
- 精细的时性语音特征,对于区分最小对来说至关重要,对于早产婴儿来说可能特别具有挑战性.
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