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Earlier Speech Exposure Does Not Accelerate Speech Acquisition

Marcela Peña, Janet F. Werker and Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz
Journal of Neuroscience 15 August 2012, 32 (33) 11159-11163; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6516-11.2012
Marcela Peña
1Laboratorio de Neurociencias Cognitivas, Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 7820436 Santiago, Chile,
2Cognitive Neuroscience Sector, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste 34014, Italy,
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Janet F. Werker
3Department of Psychology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada V6T 1Z4,
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Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz
4INSERM, Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit and
5CEA, NeuroSpin, IFR 49, F91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France, and
6Université Paris XI, 91405 Orsay, France
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6516-11.2012
PubMed 
22895701
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History 
  • Received December 27, 2011
  • Revision received May 10, 2012
  • Accepted June 2, 2012
  • First published August 15, 2012.
  • Version of record published August 15, 2012.
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Author Information

  1. Marcela Peña1,2,
  2. Janet F. Werker3, and
  3. Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz4,5,6
  1. 1Laboratorio de Neurociencias Cognitivas, Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 7820436 Santiago, Chile,
  2. 2Cognitive Neuroscience Sector, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste 34014, Italy,
  3. 3Department of Psychology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada V6T 1Z4,
  4. 4INSERM, Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit and
  5. 5CEA, NeuroSpin, IFR 49, F91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France, and
  6. 6Université Paris XI, 91405 Orsay, France
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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: M.P. designed research; M.P. performed research; M.P. and G.D.-L. contributed unpublished reagents/analytic tools; M.P. and G.D.-L. analyzed data; M.P., J.F.W., and G.D.-L. wrote the paper.

Disclosures

    • Received December 27, 2011.
    • Revision received May 10, 2012.
    • Accepted June 2, 2012.
  • This work was supported by Fondecyt Grants 1060767 and 1110928 to M.P. We are grateful to the infants and parents who participated in the study; to Enrica Pittaluga, Margarita Luna, and Elizabeth Pavez for their assistance in infant recruitment; and to Samantha Bangayan, who edited this manuscript.

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Marcela Peña, Laboratorio de Neurociencias Cognitivas, Escuela de Psicología, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, 7820436 Santiago, Chile. pena{at}sissa.it

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Marcela Peña, Janet F. Werker, Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz
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