Published: Dec. 8, 2023
Children are active learners: they selectively attend to important information. Rhythmic neural tracking of speech is central language learning. This chapter evaluates recent research showing that oscillations in the infant brain synchronise with rhythm speech, it at different frequencies. process predicts word segmentation and later abilities. We argue rhythmic reflects infants’ attention specific parts signal (e.g., stressed syllables), simultaneously acts as a core mechanism for maximising temporal onto those parts. puts constraint on processing, which maximises uptake relevant information from noisy multimodal environment. hypothesise this be influenced by maturation. end evaluating implications proposal acquisition research, discuss how differences maturation relate variance development autism.
Language: Английский