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Direct linkMay, Lillian; Gervain, Judit; Carreiras, Manuel; Werker, Janet F. – Developmental Science, 2018
In this work we ask whether at birth, the human brain responds uniquely to speech, or if similar activation also occurs to a non-speech surrogate 'language'. We compare neural activation in newborn infants to the language heard "in utero" (English), to an unfamiliar language (Spanish), and to a whistled surrogate language (Silbo Gomero)…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Birth, Neonates, Prenatal Influences
Dowens, Margaret Gillon; Vergara, Marta; Barber, Horacio A.; Carreiras, Manuel – Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2010
The goal of the present study was to investigate the electrophysiological correlates of second-language (L2) morphosyntactic processing in highly proficient late learners of an L2 with long exposure to the L2 environment. ERPs were collected from 22 English-Spanish late learners while they read sentences in which morphosyntactic features of the L2…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Syntax, Language Processing, Spanish
