Date of Completion
Spring 5-8-2011
Thesis Advisor(s)
Heather Bortfeld
Honors Major
Communication Science
Disciplines
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Abstract
According to the perceptual narrowing hypothesis, older infants look longer towards speech in a native language than towards a non-native language. We presented speech in English, Spanish, and mis-matched English and Spanish speech, and recorded looking-time towards the speech. Results suggest that the synchrony of speech plays a strong role in infants' attention to speech, whereas nativeness of language does not.
Recommended Citation
Flynn, Juliana, "Language-Specific Tuning of Audiovisual Integration In Early Development" (2011). Honors Scholar Theses. 190.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/srhonors_theses/190