Nine-month-old infants are sensitive to the temporal alignment of prosodic and gesture prominences

This study investigated the sensitivity of 9-month-old infants to the alignment between prosodic and gesture prominences in pointing–speech combinations. Results revealed that the perception of prominence is multimodal and that infants are aware of the timing of gesture–speech combinations well befo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Esteve Gibert, Núria, Prieto Vives, Pilar, 1965-, Pons, Ferran
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10230/28178
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/28178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2014.12.016
Access Level:acceso embargado
Palabra clave:Early temporal alignment
Pointing
Pointing–speech coordination
Multimodal prominence
Multimodal communication
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Sumario:This study investigated the sensitivity of 9-month-old infants to the alignment between prosodic and gesture prominences in pointing–speech combinations. Results revealed that the perception of prominence is multimodal and that infants are aware of the timing of gesture–speech combinations well before they can produce them.