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Resolving the bouba-kiki effect enigma by rooting iconic sound symbolism in physical properties of round and spiky objects by Fort, Mathilde, Schwartz, Jean-Luc

“…The “bouba-kiki effect”, where “bouba” is perceived round and “kiki” spiky, remains a puzzling enigma. We solve it by combining mathematical findings largely…”
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Symbouki: a meta‐analysis on the emergence of sound symbolism in early language acquisition by Fort, Mathilde, Lammertink, Imme, Peperkamp, Sharon, Guevara‐Rukoz, Adriana, Fikkert, Paula, Tsuji, Sho

“…Adults and toddlers systematically associate pseudowords such as “bouba” and “kiki” with round and spiky shapes, respectively, a sound symbolic phenomenon…”
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Consonants are More Important than Vowels in the Bouba-kiki Effect by Fort, Mathilde, Martin, Alexander, Peperkamp, Sharon

“…Adult listeners systematically associate certain speech sounds with round or spiky shapes, a sound-symbolic phenomenon known as the “bouba-kiki effect.” In…”
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Monolingual and bilingual infants' attention to talking faces: evidence from eye-tracking and Bayesian modeling by Lemonnier, Sophie, Fayolle, Benjamin, Sebastian-Galles, Nuria, Brémond, Roland, Diard, Julien, Fort, Mathilde

“…A substantial amount of research from the last two decades suggests that infants' attention to the eyes and mouth regions of talking faces could be a…”
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Impact of Bilingualism on Infants’ Ability to Learn From Talking and Nontalking Faces by Fort, Mathilde, Ayneto‐Gimeno, Alba, Escrichs, Anira, Sebastian‐Galles, Nuria

“…To probably overcome the challenge of learning two languages at the same time, infants raised in a bilingual environment pay more attention to the mouth of…”
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Can language modulate perceptual narrowing for faces? Other-race face recognition in infants is modulated by language experience by Clerc, Olivier, Fort, Mathilde, Schwarzer, Gudrun, Krasotkina, Anna, Vilain, Anne, Méary, David, Lœvenbruck, Hélène, Pascalis, Olivier

“…Between 6 and 9 months, while infant’s ability to discriminate faces within their own racial group is maintained, discrimination of faces within other-race…”
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The Role of Talking Faces in Infant Language Learning: Mind the Gap between Screen-Based Settings and Real-Life Communicative Interactions by Birulés, Joan, Goupil, Louise, Josse, Jérémie, Fort, Mathilde

“…Over the last few decades, developmental (psycho) linguists have demonstrated that perceiving talking faces audio-visually is important for early language…”
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Language familiarity influences own‐race face recognition in 9‐ and 12‐month‐old infants by Hillairet de Boisferon, Anne, Kubicek, Claudia, Gervain, Judit, Schwarzer, Gudrun, Loevenbruck, Hélène, Vilain, Anne, Fort, Mathilde, Méary, David, Pascalis, Olivier

“…During their first year, infants attune to the faces and language(s) that are frequent in their environment. The present study investigates the impact of…”
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A novel form of perceptual attunement: Context-dependent perception of a native contrast in 14-month-old infants by Fort, Mathilde, Brusini, Perrine, Carbajal, M. Julia, Sun, Yue, Peperkamp, Sharon

“…[Display omitted] •A novel form of infants’ perceptual attunement to a native contrast is shown.•An original Type I error-free EEG Mismatch paradigm is used in…”
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The word superiority effect in audiovisual speech perception by Fort, Mathilde, Spinelli, Elsa, Savariaux, Christophe, Kandel, Sonia

“…Seeing the facial gestures of a speaker enhances phonemic identification in noise. The goal of this study was to assess whether the visual information…”
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Development of face processing: are there critical or sensitive periods? by Pascalis, Olivier, Fort, Mathilde, Quinn, Paul C

“…•Literature suggests the existence of a sensitive period for face processing until 10–12 years of age.•However, there is no clear evidence of a critical period…”
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Impact of language familiarity on abstract pattern recognition in 9- to 12-month-old infants by Fratacci, Althéa, Clerc, Olivier, Fort, Mathilde, Pascalis, Olivier

“…Previous studies found an impact of language familiarity on face recognition in 9- and 12-month-olds. Own race faces are better recognized when associated with…”
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Atypical viewing position effect in developmental dyslexia: A behavioural and modelling investigation by Valdois, Sylviane, Phénix, Thierry, Fort, Mathilde, Diard, Julien

“…The probability of recognizing a word depends on the position of fixation during processing. In typical readers, the resulting word-recognition curves are…”
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Infants' Preference for ID Speech in Face and Voice Extends to a Non‐Native Language by Birulés, Joan, Méary, David, Fort, Mathilde, Hojin, Kim, Johnson, Scott P., Pascalis, Olivier

“…ABSTRACT Infants prefer infant‐directed (ID) speech. Concerning talking faces, previous research showed that 3‐ and 5‐month‐olds prefer faces that produce…”
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The effect of masks on the visual preference for faces in the first year of life by Galusca, Cristina Ioana, Clerc, Olivier, Chevallier, Marie, Bertrand, Caroline, Audeou, Frederique, Pascalis, Olivier, Fort, Mathilde

“…To prevent the spread of COVID‐19, face masks were mandatory in many public spaces around the world. Since faces are the gateway to early social cognition,…”
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Audiovisual vowel monitoring and the word superiority effect in children by Fort, Mathilde, Spinelli, Elsa, Savariaux, Christophe, Kandel, Sonia

“…The goal of this study was to explore whether viewing the speaker’s articulatory gestures contributes to lexical access in children (ages 5–10) and in adults…”
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Multimodal Language Learning: How to Crack the Speech Code by Ear and by Eye by Fort, Mathilde, Sebastian‐Galles, Nuria

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The word superiority effect in audiovisual speech perception: Speech and Face-to-Face Communication by FORT, Mathilde, SPINELLI, Elsa, SAVARIAUX, Christophe, KANDEL, Sonia

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Seeing the initial articulatory gestures of a word triggers lexical access by Fort, Mathilde, Kandel, Sonia, Chipot, Justine, Savariaux, Christophe, Granjon, Lionel, Spinelli, Elsa

“…When the auditory information is deteriorated by noise in a conversation, watching the face of a speaker enhances speech intelligibility. Recent findings…”
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