Age-related sensitive periods influence visual language discrimination in adults

Age-related sensitive periods influence visual language discrimination in adults

Adults as well as infants have the capacity to discriminate languages based on visual speech alone. Here, we investigated whether adults’ ability to discriminate languages based on visual speech cues is influenced by the age of language acquisition. Adult participants who had all learned English (as...

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Main Authors: Whitney M. Weikum, Athena eVouloumanos, Jordi eNavarra, Salvador eSoto-Faraco, Nuria eSebastian-Galles, Janet F Werker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
Subjects:
adults
Age of Acquisition
sensitive period
visual speech
language discrimination
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2013.00086/full

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