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The temporal distribution of speech to infants highlights relatedness among words.

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: = 78) during 1-2 hr of everyday activities (130 cumulative hours). Analysis of time-locked transcriptions yielded 1 billion+ latencies among 350,000+ words. Words from the same superordinate category (i.e., animals, vehicles, food, body parts, and clothing) occurred within a tighter time window relative to one another than did words overall and concrete nouns specifically. Thus, temporal parameters of speech offer reliable data that infants can leverage in the learning of taxonomic categories. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

Source: Journal of Experimental Psychology General

DOI: 10.1037/xge0001844

Authors: Lillian R. Masek, Catalina Suarez-Rivera, Ori Ossmy, Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda

Institutions: New York University, Birkbeck, University of London

Language: English

Topic: Language Development and Disorders

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: LEGO Foundation, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Award: G4789433551