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Ece Demir-Lira, Ö.; Applebaum, Lauren R.; Goldin-Meadow, Susan; Levine, Susan C. – Developmental Science, 2019
It is widely believed that reading to preschool children promotes their language and literacy skills. Yet, whether early parent-child book reading is an index of generally rich linguistic input or a unique predictor of later outcomes remains unclear. To address this question, we asked whether naturally occurring parent-child book reading…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Preschool Children, Parent Child Relationship, Linguistic Input
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Saffran, Jenny R.; Reeck, Karelyn; Niebuhr, Aimee; Wilson, Diana – Developmental Science, 2005
Sequences of notes contain several different types of pitch cues, including both absolute and relative pitch information. What factors determine which of these cues are used when learning about tone sequences? Previous research suggests that infants tend to preferentially process absolute pitch patterns in continuous tone sequences, while other…
Descriptors: Cues, Infants, Learning Processes, Intonation