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Can't Ignore--Distraction by Task-Irrelevant Sounds in Early and Middle Childhood
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Wetzel, Nicole; Scharf, Florian; Widmann, Andreas – Child Development, 2019
Attention control abilities are relevant for learning success. Little is known about the development of audio-visual attention in early childhood. Four groups of children between the ages of 4 and 10 years and adults performed an audio-visual distraction paradigm (N = 106). Multilevel analyses revealed increased reaction times in a visual…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Auditory Stimuli, Visual Stimuli, Task Analysis
Categorization in 3- and 4-Month-Old Infants: An Advantage of Words over Tones
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Ferry, Alissa L.; Hespos, Susan J.; Waxman, Sandra R. – Child Development, 2010
Neonates prefer human speech to other nonlinguistic auditory stimuli. However, it remains an open question whether there are any conceptual consequences of words on object categorization in infants younger than 6 months. The current study examined the influence of words and tones on object categorization in forty-six 3- to 4-month-old infants.…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Neonates, Classification, Speech Communication
Do Novel Words Facilitate 18-Month-Olds' Spatial Categorization?
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Casasola, Marianella; Bhagwat, Jui – Child Development, 2007
Eighteen-month-olds' spatial categorization was tested when hearing a novel spatial word. Infants formed an abstract categorical representation of support (i.e., placing 1 object on another) when hearing a novel spatial particle during habituation but not when viewing the events in silence. Infants with a productive spatial vocabulary did not…
Descriptors: Nouns, Verbs, Form Classes (Languages), Infants
A Combination of Vocal Frequency Dynamic and Summary Features Discriminates between Three Pragmatic Categories of Infant-Directed Speech.
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Katz, Gary S.; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Assessed the relative contribution of dynamic and summary features of vocal frequency to the discrimination of pragmatic categories in infant-directed speech. Forty-nine mothers were instructed to use their voice to get their infant's attention, show approval, and provide comfort. Findings suggest that both dynamic and summary features are…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Caregiver Speech, Classification, Infants
Children's Perception of Visual and Auditory Speech.
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Massaro, Dominic W. – Child Development, 1984
Preschool children's evaluation and integration of visual and auditory information in speech perception was compared with that of adults. Results were used to test current views of the development of perceptual categorization and speech perception. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Adults, Attention, Auditory Stimuli, Classification
Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words? Preference for Auditory Modality in Young Children.
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Sloutsky, Vladimir M.; Napolitano, Amanda C. – Child Development, 2003
Four experiments tested the hypothesis that the importance of linguistic labels for young children's conceptual organization stems from a privileged processing status of auditory input over visual input. Findings indicated that when auditory and visual stimuli were presented separately, 4-year-olds were likely to process both kinds of stimuli,…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli, Classification, Cognitive Processes
The Theoretical Distribution of Evoked Brainstem Activity in Preterm, High-Risk, and Healthy Infants.
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Salamy, A. – Child Development, 1981
Determines the frequency distribution of Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential variables (BAEP) for premature babies at different stages of development--normal newborns, infants, young children, and adults. The author concludes that the assumption of normality underlying most "standard" statistical analyses can be met for many BAEP…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Auditory Stimuli, Classification