Efficiency of Scanning and Attention to Faces in Infancy Independently Predict Language Development in a Multiethnic and Bilingual Sample of 2-Year-Olds

Autor/inn/en	López Pérez, David; Tomalski, Przemyslaw; Radkowska, Alicja; Ballieux, Haiko; Moore, Derek G.
Titel	Efficiency of Scanning and Attention to Faces in Infancy Independently Predict Language Development in a Multiethnic and Bilingual Sample of 2-Year-Olds
Quelle	In: First Language, 41 (2021) 2, S.218-239 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (López Pérez, David) ORCID (Tomalski, Przemyslaw) ORCID (Ballieux, Haiko)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-7237
DOI	10.1177/0142723720966815
Schlagwörter	Infants; Human Body; Bilingualism; Language Acquisition; Diversity; Prediction; Receptive Language; Expressive Language; Visual Perception; Interpersonal Relationship; Longitudinal Studies; Correlation; Measurement Techniques; Eye Movements; Scores; Language Tests; Early Intervention; Attention; Risk; Socioeconomic Status; Task Analysis; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom (London) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Menschlicher Körper; Bilingualismus; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Vorhersage; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Korrelation; Messtechnik; Augenbewegung; Language test; Sprachtest; Aufmerksamkeit; Risiko; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Aufgabenanalyse; Ausland
Abstract	Efficient visual exploration in infancy is essential for cognitive and language development. It allows infants to participate in social interactions by attending to faces and learning about objects of interest. Visual scanning of scenes depends on a number of factors, and early differences in efficiency are likely contributing to differences in learning and language development during subsequent years. Predicting language development in diverse samples is particularly challenging, as additional multiple sources of variability affect infant performance. In this study, we tested how the complexity of visual scanning in the presence or absence of a face at 6 to 7 months of age is related to language development at 2 years of age in a multiethnic and predominantly bilingual sample from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. We used Recurrence Quantification Analysis to measure the temporal and spatial distribution of fixations recurring in the same area of a visual scene. We found that in the absence of a face the temporal distribution of re-fixations on selected objects of interest (but not all) significantly predicted both receptive and expressive language scores, explaining 16% to 20% of the variance. Also, lower rate of re-fixations recurring in the presence of a face predicted higher receptive language scores, suggesting larger vocabulary in infants that effectively disengage from faces. Altogether, our results suggest that dynamic measures, which quantify the complexity of visual scanning, can reliably and robustly predict language development in highly diverse samples. They suggest that selective attending to objects predicts language independently of attention to faces. As eye-tracking and language assessments were carried out in early intervention centres, our study demonstrates the utility of mobile eye-tracking setups for early detection of risk in attention and language development. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01