Der Begriff der emotionalen Kompetenz umfasst eine Reihe von Fertigkeiten in den
Bereichen Emotionsausdruck, Emotionsverständnis und Emotionsregulation. Emotional …

We report on the emergence of functional flexibility in vocalizations of human infants. This
vastly underappreciated capability becomes apparent when prelinguistic vocalizations …

Few studies have focused on mechanisms of developmental change during the prelinguistic
period. The lack of focus on early vocal development is surprising given that maternal …

This chapter reviews pragmatic development in the first two years of life. We first concentrate
on the period from birth to nine months, during which time communication is essentially …

Action-theoretic views of language posit that the recognition of others' intentions is key to
successful interpersonal communication. Yet, speakers do not always code their intentions …

What aspects of infants' prelinguistic communication are most valuable for learning to speak,
and why? We test whether early vocalizations and gestures drive the transition to word use …

Examination of infant vocalization patterns across interactive and noninteractive contexts
may facilitate better understanding of early communication development. In the current …

From the first months of life, human infants produce “protophones,” speech-like, non-cry
sounds, presumed absent, or only minimally present in other apes. But there have been no …

This chapter is from the forthcoming The Oxford Handbook of Affective Computing edited by
Rafael Calvo, Sidney K. D'Mello, Jonathan Gratch, and Arvid Kappas. Affective computing …

The motivation for infants' non-word vocalizations in the second half of the first year of life
and later is unclear. This study of hearing infants and infants with profound hearing loss with …