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Does early motor development contribute to speech perception?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2017

Dawoon Choi ,
Padmapriya Kandhadai ,
D. Kyle Danielson ,
Alison G. Bruderer  and
Janet F. Werker
Dawoon Choi
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada. jwerker@psych.ubc.ca http://infantstudies.psych.ubc.ca
Padmapriya Kandhadai
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada. jwerker@psych.ubc.ca http://infantstudies.psych.ubc.ca
D. Kyle Danielson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada. jwerker@psych.ubc.ca http://infantstudies.psych.ubc.ca
Alison G. Bruderer
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada. jwerker@psych.ubc.ca http://infantstudies.psych.ubc.ca
Janet F. Werker
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada. jwerker@psych.ubc.ca http://infantstudies.psych.ubc.ca
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Abstract

At the end of the target article, Keven & Akins (K&A) put forward a challenge to the developmental psychology community to consider the development of complex psychological processes – in particular, intermodal infant perception – across different levels of analysis. We take up that challenge and consider the possibility that early emerging stereotypies might help explain the foundations of the link between speech perception and speech production.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e388
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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