Developmental Neurocognition: Speech and Face Processing in the First Year of Life

Front Matter....Pages i-1
The Roles of Experience in Different Developmental Information Stage Processes....Pages 3-16
The Relevance of Primate Corticogenesis for Understanding the Emergence of Cognitive Abilities in Man....Pages 17-30
Synaptogenesis in the Prefrontal Cortex of the Macaque....Pages 31-39
Maturation of Synapses and Gaba-Immunoreactive Neurons in the Perinatal Human Visual Cortex....Pages 41-49
Dendritic Structure and Language Development....Pages 51-62
Development of Brain Substrates for Pattern Recognition in Primates: Physiological and Connectional Studies of Inferior Temporal Cortex in Infant Monkeys....Pages 63-75
Functional Mapping of the Human Brain....Pages 77-91
Mechanisms in Infant Face Processing....Pages 93-102
Specific VS. Non-Specific Face Recognition Device....Pages 103-108
Neonatal Synesthesia: Implications for the Processing of Speech And Faces....Pages 109-124
Visual Perceptual Abilities at Birth: Implications for Face Perception....Pages 125-134
Cortical Parcellation and the Development of Face Processing....Pages 135-148
Hemispheric Differences in Face Processing and Brain Maturation....Pages 149-163
The Origins of Differential Hemispheric Strategies for Information Processing in the Relationships Between Voice and Face Perception....Pages 165-170
Infant Sensitivity to Perturbations in Adult Facial, Vocal, Tactile, and Contingent Stimulation During Face-to-Face Interactions....Pages 171-185
The Recognition of Facial Expressions in Infancy: Behavioral and Electrophysiological Evidence....Pages 187-198
Frontal Function in Cognitive and Emotional Behaviors During Infancy: Effects of Maturation and Experience....Pages 199-210
Why Faces are Special to Infants — on Connecting the Attraction of Faces and Infants’ Ability for Imitation and Cross-Modal Processing....Pages 211-225
Sometimes it Pays to Look Back Before You Leap Ahead....Pages 227-236
Speech Stimuli in the Fetal Environment....Pages 237-248
Infants’ Perception of Speech Units: Primary Representation Capacities....Pages 249-257
Innate Predispositions and the Effects of Experience in Speech Perception: The Native Language Magnet Theory....Pages 259-274
The Ontogeny and Developmental Significance of Language-Specific Phonetic Perception....Pages 275-288
Emergence of Language-Specific Constraints in Perception of Non-Native Speech: A Window on Early Phonological Development....Pages 289-304
Segmentation of Fluent Speech into Words: Learning Models and the Role of Maternal Input....Pages 305-315
The Role of the Face in Vocal Learning and the Development of Spoken Language....Pages 317-328
Sonority Theory and Syllable Pattern as Keys to Sensory-Motor-Cognitive Interactions in Infant Vocal Development....Pages 329-339
Motor Explanations of Babbling and Early Speech Patterns....Pages 341-352
Ontogeny of Language-Specific Syllabic Productions....Pages 353-363
On the Ontogenetic Requirements for Early Language Acquisition....Pages 365-383
The Acquisition of Prosody: Evidence from French- and English-Learning Infants....Pages 385-398
Phonetic Systems and Phonological Development....Pages 399-409
The Construction of a Phonological System....Pages 411-419
Connectionist Modeling and the Microstructure of Phonological Development: A Progress Report....Pages 421-433
Developmental Changes in the Acquisition of Phonology....Pages 435-449
Development of Language Relevant Processing Systems: The Emergence of a Cognitive Module....Pages 451-459
Some Theoretical Implications of Cross-Modal Research in Speech Perception....Pages 461-466
Back Matter....Pages 467-498