| Title: |
Impact of Language Familiarity on Abstract Pattern Recognition in 9- to 12-Month-Old Infants |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Althéa Fratacci (ORCID 0000-0002-1309-665X); Olivier Clerc; Mathilde Fort; Olivier Pascalis |
| Source: |
International Journal of Behavioral Development. 2024 48(3):222-228. |
| Availability: |
SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
7 |
| Publication Date: |
2024 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: |
Language Acquisition; Infants; Pattern Recognition; Cognitive Processes; Familiarity; Native Language; Task Analysis; German; French; Comparative Analysis; Visual Stimuli; Recognition (Psychology); Preferences; Novelty (Stimulus Dimension); Infant Behavior; Foreign Countries; Second Languages; Auditory Stimuli |
| Geographic Terms: |
France |
| DOI: |
10.1177/01650254241230643 |
| ISSN: |
0165-0254; 1464-0651 |
| Abstract: |
Previous studies found an impact of language familiarity on face recognition in 9- and 12-month-olds. Own race faces are better recognized when associated with native language, whereas for other race faces, it is with non-native language. The aim of this study is to investigate if language familiarity can also influence abstract pattern recognition. We tested 9- to 12-month-old monolingual infants with a visual paired-comparison task. During a 30-s familiarization phase, infants were shown an image of abstract patterns associated with an auditory soundtrack of a speaker reciting a story either in their native (French) or in a non-native language (German). After the familiarization, the familiar and a new abstract pattern were displayed side by side for the recognition test. We found a significant preference for the novel object in the native language condition but not in the non-native condition. These results suggest that language familiarity effects on infant memory are not specific to faces but also influence, on a larger scale, how infants process their immediate visual environment. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2024 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1424523 |
| Database: |
ERIC |