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Butterworth, George; Hopkins, Brian – 1992
This paper reviews the literature on handedness in infants and reaching behavior in neonates and speculates on evolutionary reasons for the development of handedness. Modern studies have reliably detected handedness from the second half of the first year of life. One study found a preference for the right hand in unimanual tasks at 6.7 months.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Evolution, Handedness, Individual Development
Peer reviewedWode, Henning – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1994
This paper reviews the research on speech perception and reassesses the contribution of innate capacities versus external stimulation in conjunction with age in first- and second-language acquisition. A developmental model of speech perception is then discussed in relation to neonatal auditory perception. (Contains 86 references.) (MDM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Auditory Perception, Child Development, Language Acquisition
