Effects of Adult Speech Style on Face-Scanning Behavior in Infants: Focus on Infant-Directed Singing

• Imafuku Masahiro

  Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

• Ohashi Kimiko

  Faculty of Literature, Kobe Women's University

• Myowa-Yamakoshi Masako

  Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 大人の発話スタイルが乳児の顔注視行動に与える影響—歌いかけ（Infant-Directed Singing）に着目して—
• 大人の発話スタイルが乳児の顔注視行動に与える影響 : 歌いかけ(infant-Directed Singing)に着目して
• オトナ ノ ハツワ スタイル ガ ニュウジ ノ カオ チュウシ コウドウ ニ アタエル エイキョウ : ウタイカケ(infant-Directed Singing)ニ チャクモク シテ

Abstract

This study examines the effect of adult speech style on face-scanning behavior in Japanese infants at six and 12 months of age. The adult speech style included three conditions: 1) Adult-directed speech (ADS) condition, 2) Infant-directed speech (IDS) condition, and 3) infant-directed singing (singing) condition. To record the infants' gaze behavior, we used an eye-tracker. Our results showed that infants in both age groups observed the mouth for a longer duration in the singing condition than in the other conditions. This main finding suggests that singing by adults may promote audio-visual speech perception and language acquisition in infants.

Journal

• Journal of the Phonetic Society of Japan

  Journal of the Phonetic Society of Japan 20 (2), 48-57, 2016

  The Phonetic Society of Japan

Keywords

• infants
• speech perception
• audio-visual integration
• infant-directed singing
• speech style
• articulatory movement
• language development
• eye-tracking

Details

• CRID: 1390282679764675200
• NII Article ID: 130005708200
• NII Book ID: AA11148803
• DOI: 10.24467/onseikenkyu.20.2_48
• ISSN: 21895961
• ISSN: 13428675
• NDL BIB ID: 027647224
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I027647224
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
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  • NDL
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  • KAKEN
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed