The perceptual system for speech is highly organized from early infancy. This organization
bootstraps young human learners' ability to acquire their native speech and language from …

Stage models have been influential in characterizing infant vocalizations in the first year of
life. These models are basically descriptive and do not explain why certain types of vocal …

" The first description of voice quality production in 40 years, this book provides a new
framework for its study: The Laryngeal Articulator Model. Informed by instrumental …

This study used LENA recording devices to capture infants' home language environments
and examine how qualitative differences in adult responding to infant vocalizations related …

Examination of infant vocalization patterns across interactive and noninteractive contexts
may facilitate better understanding of early communication development. In the current …

The present study compared the infant's tendency in the first year of life to produce clusters
of particular vocal types (squeals, vocants, and growls) in typically develo** (TD) and …

An infant's vocal capacity develops significantly during the first year of life. Research
suggests early measures of pre-speech development, such as canonical babbling and …

This study explored the temporal contingencies between infant and adult vocalizations as a
function of the type of infant vocalization, whether adult caregivers' vocalizations were infant …

Background Canonical babbling—producing syllables with a mature consonant, full vowel,
and smooth transition—is an important developmental milestone that typically occurs in the …

Gender-dependent differentiation of the brain at morphological, neurochemical and
functional levels of organization have been shown to be primarily controlled by sex …