The Development of gaze following in monolingual and bilingual infants: A multi‐laboratory study

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• dc.contributor.author Byers Heinlein, Krista
• dc.contributor.author Ka-Ying Tsui, Rachel
• dc.contributor.author Van Renswoude, Daan
• dc.contributor.author Black, Alexis K
• dc.contributor.author Barr, Rachel
• dc.contributor.author Brown, Anna
• dc.contributor.author Colomer, Marc
• dc.contributor.author Durrant, Samantha
• dc.contributor.author Gampe, Anja
• dc.contributor.author Gonzalez Gomez, Nayeli
• dc.contributor.author Hay, Jessica F
• dc.contributor.author Hernik, Mikolaj
• dc.contributor.author Jartó, Marianna
• dc.contributor.author Melinda Kovács, Ágnes
• dc.contributor.author Laoun Rubenstein, Alexandra
• dc.contributor.author Lew Williams, Casey
• dc.contributor.author Liszkowski, Ulf
• dc.contributor.author Liu, Liquan
• dc.contributor.author Noble, Claire
• dc.contributor.author Potter, Christine E
• dc.contributor.author Rocha Hidalgo, Joscelin
• dc.contributor.author Sebastián Gallés, Núria
• dc.contributor.author Soderstrom, Melanie
• dc.contributor.author Visser, Ingmar
• dc.contributor.author Waddell, Connor
• dc.contributor.author Wermelinger, Stephanie
• dc.contributor.author Singh, Leher
• dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-13T09:59:58Z
• dc.date.issued 2020
• dc.description.abstract Determining the meanings of words requires language learners to attend to what other people say. However, it behooves a young language learner to simultaneously encode relevant non-verbal cues, for example, by following the direction of their eye gaze. Sensitivity to cues such as eye gaze might be particularly important for bilingual infants, as they encounter less consistency between words and objects than monolingual infants, and do not always have access to the same word-learning heuristics (e.g., mutual exclusivity). In a preregistered study, we tested the hypothesis that bilingual experience would lead to a more pronounced ability to follow another's gaze. We used a gaze-following paradigm developed by Senju and Csibra (Current Biology, 18, 2008, 668) to test a total of 93 6- to 9-month-old and 229 12- to 15-month-old monolingual and bilingual infants, in 11 laboratories located in 8 countries. Monolingual and bilingual infants showed similar gaze-following abilities, and both groups showed age-related improvements in speed, accuracy, frequency, and duration of fixations to congruent objects. Unexpectedly, bilinguals tended to make more frequent fixations to on-screen objects, whether or not they were cued by the actor. These results suggest that gaze sensitivity is a fundamental aspect of development that is robust to variation in language exposure.
• dc.description.sponsorship Individual participatin laboratories acknowledge funding support from: the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (402470-2011; 2018-04390); the National Science Foundation (BCS-155719); the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC ES/L008955/1); the European Research Council Advanced Grant, UNDER CONTROL (323961); the European Research Council Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant (798658); the Leverhulme Trust (ECF-2015-009); the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD083312); the European Research Council Synergy Grant (SOMICS 609819); the Early Career Research Grant & Start-up Grant, Western Sydney University; Research Manitoba University of Manitoba, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba; and the ODPRT funds, National University of Singapore.
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• dc.identifier.citation Byers-Heinlein K, Ka-Ying Tsui R, van Renswoude D, Black AK, Barr R, Brown A, Colomer M, Durrant S, Gampe A, Gonzalez-Gomez N, Hay JF, Hernik M, Jartó M, Kovács AM, Laoun-Rubenstein A, Lew-Williams C, Liszkowski U, Liu L, Noble C, Potter CE, Rocha-Hidalgo J, Sebastian-Galles N, Soderstrom M, Visser I, Waddell C, Wermelinger S, Singh L. The Development of gaze following in monolingual and bilingual infants: A multi‐laboratory study. Infancy. 2021;26(1):4-38. DOI: 10.1111/infa.12360
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/infa.12360
• dc.identifier.issn 1525-0008
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/47550
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Wiley
• dc.relation.ispartof Infancy. 2021;26(1):4-38
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/323961
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/798658
• dc.rights This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Byers-Heinlein K, Ka-Ying Tsui R, van Renswoude D, Black AK, Barr R, Brown A, Colomer M, Durrant S, Gampe A, Gonzalez-Gomez N, Hay JF, Hernik M, Jartó M, Kovács AM, Laoun-Rubenstein A, Lew-Williams C, Liszkowski U, Liu L, Noble C, Potter CE, Rocha-Hidalgo J, Sebastian-Galles N, Soderstrom M, Visser I, Waddell C, Wermelinger S, Singh L. The development of gaze following in monolingual and bilingual infants: A multi‐laboratory study. Infancy. 2021;26(1):4-38., which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/infa.12360. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
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• dc.title The Development of gaze following in monolingual and bilingual infants: A multi‐laboratory study
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