Weikum Whitney M, Vouloumanos Athena, Navarra Jordi, Soto-Faraco Salvador, Sebastián-Gallés Núria, Werker Janet F
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Science. 2007 May 25;316(5828):1159. doi: 10.1126/science.1137686.
This study shows that 4- and 6-month-old infants can discriminate languages (English from French) just from viewing silently presented articulations. By the age of 8 months, only bilingual (French-English) infants succeed at this task. These findings reveal a surprisingly early preparedness for visual language discrimination and highlight infants' selectivity for retaining only necessary perceptual sensitivities.
这项研究表明，4个月和6个月大的婴儿仅通过观看无声呈现的发音就能区分语言（英语和法语）。到8个月大时，只有双语（法英双语）婴儿能完成这项任务。这些发现揭示了婴儿对视觉语言辨别令人惊讶的早期准备状态，并突出了婴儿仅保留必要感知敏感性的选择性。
