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Infant Intermodal Speech Perception Is a Left-Hemisphere Function

MacKain, Kristine, Studdert-Kennedy, Michael, Spieker, Susan, Stern, Daniel·1983·Science

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Prelinguistic infants recognized structural correspondences in acoustic and optic properties of synchronized, naturally spoken disyllables, but did so only when they were looking to their right sides. This result suggests that intermodal speech perception is facilitated by rightward orientation of attention and subserved by the left hemisphere.

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  • Infants' polymodal speech representations likely contain information regarding visual, as well as auditory, instantiations of speech.

    “Infants' polymodal speech representations are thus likely to contain information regarding visual, as well as auditory instantiations of speech (ref. 98, see also refs. 99–101).”

    From A new view of language acquisition (2000) · cites this paper as [99]

  • The vowel-matching findings were replicated with /i/ and /u/ vowels and with disyllables such as /mama/ and /lulu/.

    “Additional research has replicated these findings with iii and lui vowels (Kuhl & Meltzoff, 1988) and with disyllables such as Imama/ and Iluiul”

    From The McGurk effect in infants (1997) · cites this paper as MacKain, Studdert-Kennedy, Spieker, & Stern, 1983

  • There is evidence that very little if any experience is needed in order to detect correspondences and that specialized mechanisms might be involved.

    “Thus, there is evidence that very little-ifany-experience is needed in order to detect correspondences and that specialized mechanisms might be involved.”

    From The McGurk effect in infants (1997) · cites this paper as MacKain et al., 1983

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Authors
MacKain, K., Studdert-Kennedy, M., Spieker, S., & Stern, D.
Affiliations
  • Cornell University (US)
  • Department of Communication, Arts, and Sciences, Queens College, and Graduate Center, City University of New York, and Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, Connecticut 06510
Venue
Science
Published
1983-03-18
Volume
219
Issue
4590
Pages
1347-1349
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2046257974
Cited by
184
References
10
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 4
FWCI
7.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
Keywords
infant speech perception, cross-modal perception, left hemisphere, hemispheric lateralization, prelinguistic infants, visual speech, audiovisual integration
MeSH terms
Attention, Brain, Female, Humans, Infant, Functional Laterality, Male, Speech Perception

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