More evidence of the linkage between face processing and language processing.

This review of the literature on the emergence of language describes two opposing views of phonological development, the sound-based versus the whole-word-based accounts. An integrative model is proposed which claims that learning sublexical speech sounds and producing wordlike vocalizations are in...

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Published in:British Journal of Psychology Vol. 108; no. 1; pp. 31 - 34
Main Authors: Pascalis, Olivier, Dole, Marjorie, Lœvenbruck, Hélène
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Feb2017
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Summary:This review of the literature on the emergence of language describes two opposing views of phonological development, the sound-based versus the whole-word-based accounts. An integrative model is proposed which claims that learning sublexical speech sounds and producing wordlike vocalizations are in fact parallel processes that feed each other during language development. We argue that this model might find unexpected support from the face processing literature.