The 'sensitive period'for phonetic learning (∼ 6–12 months) is one of the earliest milestones
in language acquisition where infants start to become specialized in processing speech …

The 'sensitive period'for phonetic learning posits that between 6 and 12 months of age,
infants' discrimination of native and nonnative speech sounds diverge. Individual differences …

Abstract Language experience shapes infants' abilities to process speech sounds, with
universal phonetic discrimination abilities narrowing in the second half of the first year. Brain …

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) brain scans were obtained from 19 infants at 7months.
Expressive and receptive language performance was assessed at 12months. Voxel-based …

A pivotal period in the development of language occurs in the second year of life, when
language comprehension undergoes rapid acceleration. However, the brain bases of these …

Prematurely born children are at increased risk for language deficits at school age and
beyond, but the neurobiological basis of these findings remains poorly understood. Thirty …

Parental input is considered a key predictor of language achievement during the first years
of life, yet relatively few studies have assessed the effects of parental language input and …

Speech processing in adults relies on precise and specialized networks, located primarily in
the left hemisphere. Behavioural studies in infants indicate that a considerable amount of …

Background Early auditory experiences are a prerequisite for speech and language
acquisition. In healthy children, phoneme discrimination abilities improve for native and …

From their second year, infants typically begin to show rapid acquisition of receptive and
expressive language. Here, we ask why these language skills do not begin to develop …