| Title: |
Touching While Listening: Does Infants' Haptic Word Processing Speed Predict Vocabulary Development? |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Kayla Beaudin (ORCID 0000-0002-4368-7581); Diane Poulin-DuBois; Pascal Zesiger |
| Source: |
Journal of Child Language. 2024 51(1):37-55. |
| Availability: |
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| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
19 |
| Publication Date: |
2024 |
| Sponsoring Agency: |
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH) |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: |
Infants; Tactual Perception; Predictor Variables; Vocabulary Development; Word Recognition; Bilingualism; Language Acquisition |
| DOI: |
10.1017/S0305000922000423 |
| ISSN: |
0305-0009; 1469-7602 |
| Abstract: |
The present study examined the links between haptic word processing speed, vocabulary, and inhibitory control among bilingual children. Three main hypotheses were tested: faster haptic processing speed, measured by the Computerized Comprehension Task at age 1;11, would be associated with larger concurrent vocabulary and greater longitudinal vocabulary growth. Second, early vocabulary size would be associated with greater vocabulary growth at 3;0 and 5;0. Finally, faster haptic processing speed would be associated with greater concurrent inhibitory control, as measured by the Shape Stroop Task. The results revealed that haptic processing speed was associated with concurrent vocabulary, but not predictive of later language skills. Also, early decontextualized vocabulary was predictive of vocabulary at 3;0. Finally, haptic processing speed measured in the non-dominant language was associated with inhibitory control. These results provide insight on the mechanisms of lexical retrieval in young bilinguals and expand previous research on haptic word processing and vocabulary development. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2025 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1485819 |
| Database: |
ERIC |