Intersensory processing of faces and voices at 6 months predicts language outcomes at 18, 24, and 36 months of age.

ABSTRACT: Intersensory processing of social events (e.g., matching sights and sounds of audiovisual speech) is a critical foundation for language development. Two recently developed protocols, the Multisensory Attention Assessment Protocol (MAAP) and the Intersensory Processing Efficiency Protocol (IPEP), assess individual differences in intersensory processing at a sufficiently fine-grained level for predicting developmental outcomes. Recent research using the MAAP demonstrates 12-month intersensory processing of face-voice synchrony predicts language outcomes at 18- and 24-months, holding traditional predictors (parent language input, SES) constant. Here, we build on these findings testing younger infants using the IPEP, a more comprehensive, fine-grained index of intersensory processing. Using a

SUBMITTER: Edgar EV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10564323 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature