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Statistical learning of multiple speech streams: A challenge for monolingual infants.

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Dev Sci. 2020 03;23(2):e12896 Authors: Benitez VL, Bulgarelli F, Byers-Heinlein K, Saffran JR, Weiss DJ

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Selective social learning in infancy: looking for mechanisms.

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Dev Sci. 2018 05;21(3):e12592 Authors: Crivello C, Phillips S, Poulin-Dubois D

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Probing the depth of infants' theory of mind: disunity in performance across paradigms.

Author(s): Poulin-Dubois D, Yott J

Dev Sci. 2018 Jul;21(4):e12600 Authors: Poulin-Dubois D, Yott J

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Reverse production effect: children recognize novel words better when they are heard rather than produced.

Author(s): Zamuner TS, Strahm S, Morin-Lessard E, Page MPA

Dev Sci. 2018 07;21(4):e12636 Authors: Zamuner TS, Strahm S, Morin-Lessard E, Page MPA

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Knowing who knows: Metacognitive and causal learning abilities guide infants' selective social learning.

Author(s): Kuzyk O, Grossman S, Poulin-Dubois D

Dev Sci. 2019 Sep 13;:e12904 Authors: Kuzyk O, Grossman S, Poulin-Dubois D

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What do bilingual infants actually hear? Evaluating measures of language input to bilingual-learning 10-month-olds

Author(s): Orena AJ; Byers-Heinlein K; Polka L;

Examining how bilingual infants experience their dual language input is important for understanding bilingual language acquisition. To assess these language experiences, researchers typically conduct language interviews with caregivers. However, little is k...

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Infants attribute false beliefs to a toy crane

Author(s): Burnside K; Severdija V; Poulin-Dubois D;

The mentalistic view of early theory of mind posits that infants possess a robust and sophisticated understanding of false belief that is masked by the demands of traditional explicit tasks. Much of the evidence supporting this mentalistic view comes from i...

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Bilingual toddlers' comprehension of mixed sentences is asymmetrical across their two languages.

Author(s): Potter CE, Fourakis E, Morin-Lessard E, Byers-Heinlein K, Lew-Williams C

Dev Sci. 2018 Dec 23;:e12794 Authors: Potter CE, Fourakis E, Morin-Lessard E, Byers-Heinlein K, Lew-Williams C

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Title:What do bilingual infants actually hear? Evaluating measures of language input to bilingual-learning 10-month-olds
Authors:Orena AJByers-Heinlein KPolka L
Link:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31505096/
DOI:10.1111/desc.12901
Category:Dev Sci
PMID:31505096
Dept Affiliation: PSYCHOLOGY
1 School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, McGill University, Montréal, Québec.
2 Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music, McGill University, Montréal, Québec.
3 Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec.
4 Centre for Research in Human Development, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec.

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Examining how bilingual infants experience their dual language input is important for understanding bilingual language acquisition. To assess these language experiences, researchers typically conduct language interviews with caregivers. However, little is known about the reliability of these parent reports in describing how bilingual children actually experience dual language input. Here, we explored the quantitative nature of dual language input to bilingual infants. Furthermore, we described some of the heterogeneity of bilingual exposure in a sample of French-English bilingual families. Participants were 21 families with a 10-month-old infant residing in Montréal, Canada. First, we conducted language interviews with the caregivers. Then, each family completed three full-day recordings at home using the Language Environment Analysis recording system. Results showed that children's proportion exposure to each language was consistent across the two measurement approaches, indicating that parent reports are reliable for assessing a bilingual child's language experiences. Further exploratory analyses revealed three unique findings: (a) there can be considerable variability in the absolute amount of input among infants hearing the same proportion of input, (b) infants can hear different proportions of language input when considering infant-directed versus overheard speech, (c) proportion of language input can vary by day, depending on who is caring for the infant. We conclude that collecting naturalistic recordings is complementary to parent-report measures for assessing infant's language experiences and for establishing bilingual profiles.