The development of perceptual grouping biases in infancy: a Japanese-English cross-linguistic study. Yoshida, K. A, Iversen, J. R, Patel, A. D, Mazuka, R., Nito, H., Gervain, J., & Werker, J. F Cognition, 115(2):356-61, 2010. doi abstract bibtex Perceptual grouping has traditionally been thought to be governed by innate, universal principles. However, recent work has found differences in Japanese and English speakers' non-linguistic perceptual grouping, implicating language in non-linguistic perceptual processes (Iversen, Patel, & Ohgushi, 2008). Two experiments test Japanese- and English-learning infants of 5-6 and 7-8 months of age to explore the development of grouping preferences. At 5-6 months, neither the Japanese nor the English infants revealed any systematic perceptual biases. However, by 7-8 months, the same age as when linguistic phrasal grouping develops, infants developed non-linguistic grouping preferences consistent with their language's structure (and the grouping biases found in adulthood). These results reveal an early difference in non-linguistic perception between infants growing up in different language environments. The possibility that infants' linguistic phrasal grouping is bootstrapped by abstract perceptual principles is discussed.
@Article{Yoshida2010,
author = {Katherine A Yoshida and John R Iversen and Aniruddh D Patel and Reiko Mazuka and Hiromi Nito and Judit Gervain and Janet F Werker},
journal = {Cognition},
title = {The development of perceptual grouping biases in infancy: a {J}apanese-{E}nglish cross-linguistic study.},
year = {2010},
number = {2},
pages = {356-61},
volume = {115},
abstract = {Perceptual grouping has traditionally been thought to be governed
by innate, universal principles. However, recent work has found differences
in Japanese and English speakers' non-linguistic perceptual grouping,
implicating language in non-linguistic perceptual processes (Iversen,
Patel, & Ohgushi, 2008). Two experiments test Japanese- and English-learning
infants of 5-6 and 7-8 months of age to explore the development of
grouping preferences. At 5-6 months, neither the Japanese nor the
English infants revealed any systematic perceptual biases. However,
by 7-8 months, the same age as when linguistic phrasal grouping develops,
infants developed non-linguistic grouping preferences consistent
with their language's structure (and the grouping biases found in
adulthood). These results reveal an early difference in non-linguistic
perception between infants growing up in different language environments.
The possibility that infants' linguistic phrasal grouping is bootstrapped
by abstract perceptual principles is discussed.},
doi = {10.1016/j.cognition.2010.01.005},
keywords = {20144456},
}
Downloads: 0
{"_id":"qnmpJFmiZybZ9WJBo","bibbaseid":"yoshida-iversen-patel-mazuka-nito-gervain-werker-thedevelopmentofperceptualgroupingbiasesininfancyajapaneseenglishcrosslinguisticstudy-2010","author_short":["Yoshida, K. A","Iversen, J. R","Patel, A. D","Mazuka, R.","Nito, H.","Gervain, J.","Werker, J. F"],"bibdata":{"bibtype":"article","type":"article","author":[{"firstnames":["Katherine","A"],"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Yoshida"],"suffixes":[]},{"firstnames":["John","R"],"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Iversen"],"suffixes":[]},{"firstnames":["Aniruddh","D"],"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Patel"],"suffixes":[]},{"firstnames":["Reiko"],"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Mazuka"],"suffixes":[]},{"firstnames":["Hiromi"],"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Nito"],"suffixes":[]},{"firstnames":["Judit"],"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Gervain"],"suffixes":[]},{"firstnames":["Janet","F"],"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Werker"],"suffixes":[]}],"journal":"Cognition","title":"The development of perceptual grouping biases in infancy: a Japanese-English cross-linguistic study.","year":"2010","number":"2","pages":"356-61","volume":"115","abstract":"Perceptual grouping has traditionally been thought to be governed by innate, universal principles. However, recent work has found differences in Japanese and English speakers' non-linguistic perceptual grouping, implicating language in non-linguistic perceptual processes (Iversen, Patel, & Ohgushi, 2008). Two experiments test Japanese- and English-learning infants of 5-6 and 7-8 months of age to explore the development of grouping preferences. At 5-6 months, neither the Japanese nor the English infants revealed any systematic perceptual biases. However, by 7-8 months, the same age as when linguistic phrasal grouping develops, infants developed non-linguistic grouping preferences consistent with their language's structure (and the grouping biases found in adulthood). These results reveal an early difference in non-linguistic perception between infants growing up in different language environments. The possibility that infants' linguistic phrasal grouping is bootstrapped by abstract perceptual principles is discussed.","doi":"10.1016/j.cognition.2010.01.005","keywords":"20144456","bibtex":"@Article{Yoshida2010,\n author = {Katherine A Yoshida and John R Iversen and Aniruddh D Patel and Reiko Mazuka and Hiromi Nito and Judit Gervain and Janet F Werker},\n journal = {Cognition},\n title = {The development of perceptual grouping biases in infancy: a {J}apanese-{E}nglish cross-linguistic study.},\n year = {2010},\n number = {2},\n pages = {356-61},\n volume = {115},\n abstract = {Perceptual grouping has traditionally been thought to be governed\n\tby innate, universal principles. However, recent work has found differences\n\tin Japanese and English speakers' non-linguistic perceptual grouping,\n\timplicating language in non-linguistic perceptual processes (Iversen,\n\tPatel, & Ohgushi, 2008). Two experiments test Japanese- and English-learning\n\tinfants of 5-6 and 7-8 months of age to explore the development of\n\tgrouping preferences. At 5-6 months, neither the Japanese nor the\n\tEnglish infants revealed any systematic perceptual biases. However,\n\tby 7-8 months, the same age as when linguistic phrasal grouping develops,\n\tinfants developed non-linguistic grouping preferences consistent\n\twith their language's structure (and the grouping biases found in\n\tadulthood). These results reveal an early difference in non-linguistic\n\tperception between infants growing up in different language environments.\n\tThe possibility that infants' linguistic phrasal grouping is bootstrapped\n\tby abstract perceptual principles is discussed.},\n doi = {10.1016/j.cognition.2010.01.005},\n keywords = {20144456},\n}\n\n","author_short":["Yoshida, K. A","Iversen, J. R","Patel, A. D","Mazuka, R.","Nito, H.","Gervain, J.","Werker, J. F"],"key":"Yoshida2010","id":"Yoshida2010","bibbaseid":"yoshida-iversen-patel-mazuka-nito-gervain-werker-thedevelopmentofperceptualgroupingbiasesininfancyajapaneseenglishcrosslinguisticstudy-2010","role":"author","urls":{},"keyword":["20144456"],"metadata":{"authorlinks":{}}},"bibtype":"article","biburl":"https://endress.org/publications/ansgar.bib","dataSources":["xPGxHAeh3vZpx4yyE","TXa55dQbNoWnaGmMq"],"keywords":["20144456"],"search_terms":["development","perceptual","grouping","biases","infancy","japanese","english","cross","linguistic","study","yoshida","iversen","patel","mazuka","nito","gervain","werker"],"title":"The development of perceptual grouping biases in infancy: a Japanese-English cross-linguistic study.","year":2010}