Various aspects of motherese also known as infant-directed speech (IDS) have been
studied for many years. As it is a widespread phenomenon, it is suspected to play some …

Over the first year of life, infant perception changes radically as the child learns the
phonology of the ambient language from the speech she is exposed to. Since infant …

Infant research is often underpowered, undermining the robustness and replicability of our
findings. Improving the reliability of infant studies offers a solution for increasing statistical …

A range of demographic variables influences how much speech young children hear.
However, because studies have used vastly different sampling methods, quantitative …

The presence of vowel exaggeration in infant‐directed speech (IDS) may adapt to the age‐
appropriate demands in speech and language acquisition. Previous studies have provided …

Purpose A large body of literature has indicated vowel space area expansion in infant-
directed (ID) speech compared with adult-directed (AD) speech, which may promote …

Classification of infant and parent vocalizations, particularly emotional vocalizations, is
critical to understanding how infants learn to regulate emotions in social dyadic processes …

Spanish-English bilingual families (N= 17) were recruited to assess the association between
infant directed speech (IDS) in Spanish and their degree of neural commitment to the …

We hypothesized an association between auditory stimulus structure and activity in the brain
that underlies infant auditory preference. In a within-infant design, we assessed brain activity …

To date, the intonation of infant-directed speech (IDS) has been analyzed without reference
to its phonological structure. Intonational phonology should, however, inform IDS research …