The development of speech in human children is a protracted process that depends on social experience. From early life, young children produce vocalizations in the presence of others, which affords unique opportunities for feedback about how to communicate successfully. However, for feedback to happen, young children’s speech needs to effect change in the brains of their caregivers. Using dual-brain functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to measure real-time communication between caregivers and their 2-to 3-year-old children (n = 56), we found that children’s vocalizations selectively modulated caregivers’ brain activity. Parents’ brains showed a rapid response to children’s production of speech that was communicatively advanced (multiword utterances) vs. less advanced (babble). The findings imply that if part of learning to talk is figuring out how to get your communication partner to listen, then early conversations likely present continuous opportunities for feedback that guide children toward advances in spoken language.
It is suggested that IDS facilitates neural encoding of not only low-frequency prosodic information in the speech signal as suggested by previous studies, but also of finer-grained acoustic detail conveyed across frequencies in the speech spectrogram.
Marina Kalashnikova, Laura Fernández-Merino, N. Molinaro· Developmental Cognitive Neur...· 0 citations
The development of young children’s recognition and expression of satiety states is an essential part of becoming an independent eater. Children’s ability to self-regulate food intake develops throughout childhood with the support of responsive feeding practices by caregivers. Knowledge about the social factors that su...
Sandra Nyberg-Akremi, Annerose Willemsen, Jakob Cromdal et al.· BMC Psychology· 0 citations
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While an emerging body of research has demonstrated that late talkers (LTs) show continued subclinical deficits in language abilities, less is known about their development of speech production skills. The current study investigated speech production abilities among 3-year-old children with a history of late ta...
Philip R. Curtis, Amanda Seidl, Bo-Shang Yin et al.· Journal of Speech, Language...· 0 citations
Children with expressive language delay or stuttering conditions have an increased risk of behavior problems. However, the mechanism underlying this association is poorly understood. Studies show maternal sensitivity shapes the socioemotional development of typically developing children, yet little is known about this...
Alaa Abu-Dawoud, Reem Bashir-Khalaily, Sahira Madi et al.· Research in Developmental Di...· 1 citation
Inner speech is a pivotal cognitive tool, yet its developmental timeline remains controversial due to methodological limitations of existing tasks. Specifically, complex memory demands often mask early competence, and self-report measures rely on introspective skills that young children lack. To address these issues, w...
Kota Otani, Ryoichi Watanabe, Ryuta Kuwamizu et al.· Acta Psychologica· 1 citation
A longstanding assumption is that children acquire language mainly from adult models, but newer research suggests this cannot be correct. Children experience a great deal of child speech as well, particularly across a broader sample of cultures. They enjoy listening to child speech. They can comprehend and learn from c...
Sarah C. Creel· Advances in Child Developmen...· 0 citations
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