Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
The lab focuses on studying how infants and young children learn language, learn the meaning of words, find patterns in language and track the properties of speech.
Bilingual children can be flexible in the ways they learn two languages simultaneously.
Los niños bilingües pueden ser flexibles en la forma en la que aprenden dos idiomas simultáneamente. Aunque el ritmo de aprendizaje puede diferir entre estrategias, los niños pueden aprender palabras nuevas tanto en inglés como en español en el mismo lapso de tiempo que aprenden palabras solo en inglés, según muestra un estudio nuevo . …
The environment in which toddlers learn language may have a greater impact on word learning than previously understood.
Early language skills are one of the best predictors of academic, social, vocational outcomes.
“Early language skills are one of the best predictors of academic, social, vocational outcomes,” said Rebecca Alper
People say between 150 and 200 words a minute on average during a casual conversation.
Even through cute but unintelligible babbles, infants are hard at work learning how to become successful communicators.
We might know salt and pepper as the dynamic duo of seasonings that adds flavor to foods, but in the language and speech research world, the duo has a different meaning.
The same external sensory stimulus – a flashing light, a hug, or hearing one’s name – can provoke a different reaction in every person.
