Plasticity in older infants' perception of phonetic contrasts: The role of selective attention in context.

ABSTRACT: Developmental plasticity refers to conditions and circumstances that increase phenotypic variability. In infancy, plasticity expands and contracts depending on domains of functioning, developmental history, and timing. In terms of language processing, infants attend to and discriminate both native and non-native phonetic contrasts, but selectively attune to their native phonemes by the end of the first postnatal year. However, relevant studies have excluded factors regarded as promoters of attention such as infant-directed (ID) speech, synchronous multimodal presentations, and female speakers. Here we investigated whether English-learning 11-month-olds would discriminate a non-native phonetic contrast while manipulating these factors. Results showed significant discrimination of the non-na

SUBMITTER: Panneton R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11647196 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature