Parent language input is a well-established predictor of child language development.
Multisensory attention skills (MASks; intersensory matching, shifting and sustaining attention …

Sensory experience pertaining to any of the recognized senses can manifest as a form of
intangible cultural heritage, therefore having considerable value for society. Heritage …

Socioeconomic status (SES) is a well-established predictor of individual differences in
childhood language and cognitive functioning, including executive functions such as …

This study investigated whether infants encode better the features of a briefly occluded
object if its movements are specified simultaneously by vision and audition than if they are …

Intersensory processing of social events (eg, matching sights and sounds of audiovisual
speech) is a critical foundation for language development. Two recently developed …

Research demonstrates that contingent and appropriate maternal responsiveness to infant
requests and bids for attention leads to better language outcomes. Research also indicates …

Recent research has demonstrated that individual differences in infant attention to faces and
voices of women speaking predict language outcomes in childhood. These findings have …

Learning in the everyday environment often requires the flexible integration of relevant
multisensory information. Previous research has demonstrated preverbal infants' capacity to …

Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) show atypical attention, particularly for social
events. The new Multisensory Attention Assessment Protocol (MAAP) assesses fine-grained …

This introductory chapter begins by explaining the origin of this book: a cooperative and
interdisciplinary path walked by its authors that led to a conception of developmental …