%0 Journal Article %1 Weikum2007 %A Weikum, Whitney M. %A Vouloumanos, Athena %A Navarra, Jordi %A Soto-Faraco, Salvador %A Sebastian-Galles, Nuria %A Werker, Janet F. %D 2007 %J Science %K acquisition,development,language,vision %N 5828 %R http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1137686 %T Visual Language Discrimination in Infancy %V 316 %X This study shows that 4- and 6-month-old infants can discriminate languages (English from French) just from viewing silently presented articulations. By the age of 8 months, only bilingual (French-English) infants succeed at this task. These findings reveal a surprisingly early preparedness for visual language discrimination and highlight infants' selectivity for retaining only necessary perceptual sensitivities. 10.1126/science.1137686

@article{Weikum2007, abstract = {This study shows that 4- and 6-month-old infants can discriminate languages (English from French) just from viewing silently presented articulations. By the age of 8 months, only bilingual (French-English) infants succeed at this task. These findings reveal a surprisingly early preparedness for visual language discrimination and highlight infants' selectivity for retaining only necessary perceptual sensitivities. 10.1126/science.1137686}, added-at = {2011-03-27T17:20:41.000+0200}, author = {Weikum, Whitney M. and Vouloumanos, Athena and Navarra, Jordi and Soto-Faraco, Salvador and Sebastian-Galles, Nuria and Werker, Janet F.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/24bae02a5ca0ba55266bf3d160ed724e2/yevb0}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1137686}, interhash = {9194ce7b7b41421fd0796202e83adb7e}, intrahash = {4bae02a5ca0ba55266bf3d160ed724e2}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {acquisition,development,language,vision}, mendeley-tags = {acquisition,development,language,vision}, number = 5828, timestamp = {2011-03-27T17:21:13.000+0200}, title = {Visual Language Discrimination in Infancy}, type = {Journal article}, volume = 316, year = 2007 }