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Marimon, Mireia; Höhle, Barbara – Infant and Child Development, 2022
The Headturn Preference Procedure (HPP) is widely used in infant research. Previous studies have shown that speech perception measures obtained with HPP are related to later language skills which may make them a potential instrument for an early detection of developmental language risks. The present study assessed the reliability and stability of…
Descriptors: Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Infant Behavior, Motor Reactions
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Kubicek, Claudia; Gervain, Judit; Loevenbruck, Hélène; Pascalis, Olivier; Schwarzer, Gudrun – Infant and Child Development, 2018
The present study investigated German-learning 6-month-old infants' preference for visual speech. Visual stimuli in the infants' native language (German) were contrasted with stimuli in a foreign language with similar rhythmical characteristics (English). In a visual preference task, infants were presented with 2 side-by-side silent video clips of…
Descriptors: Infants, Speech Communication, Gender Differences, Preferences