The development of perceptual grouping biases in infancy: A Japanese-English cross-linguistic study |
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| Authors: | Katherine A Yoshida John R Iversen Aniruddh D Patel Reiko Mazuka Hiromi Nito Judit Gervain Janet F Werker |
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| Institution: | 1. New York University, Department of Psychology, 6 Washington Place, New York NY 10003 USA;2. The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA;3. RIKEN Brain Science Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako City, Saitama 351-0198, Japan;4. Duke University, 323 Soc-Psych Durham, NC 27708 USA;5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 45, rue des Saints-Pères, 75006 Paris, France;6. The University of British Columbia, 2136 West Mall, Vancouver BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada;1. Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA;2. Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA;3. Center for Advanced Study of Language, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA;4. Maryland Neuroimaging Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA;1. Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Research and Development Initiatives, Chuo University, 1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8551, Japan;2. Department of Neurosurgery, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan;3. Functional Brain Science Laboratory, Center for Development of Advanced Medical Technology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan;1. Department of Psychology, Università degli Studi di Milano–Bicocca, 20126 Milano, Italy;2. School of Psychology, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, China;3. Department of Psychology, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, Liaoning 116029, China;4. Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5R 2X2, Canada;1. The CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY 10016, USA;2. The College of Staten Island-CUNY, Staten Island, NY 10314, USA;3. National Taiwan University, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan;4. Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT 06511, USA;1. BCBL – Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language, 20009 Donostia, Spain;2. Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011 Bilbao, Spain;3. Departamento de Filología Vasca, EHU/UPV, 48015 Bilbao, Spain;4. University of Nottingham Ningbo Interdisciplinary Centre on Research in Neuroscience (UNNICORN), 315100 Ningbo, China |
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| Abstract: | Perceptual grouping has traditionally been thought to be governed by innate, universal principles. However, recent work has found differences in Japanese and English speakers’ non-linguistic perceptual grouping, implicating language in non-linguistic perceptual processes (Iversen, Patel, & Ohgushi, 2008). Two experiments test Japanese- and English-learning infants of 5–6 and 7–8 months of age to explore the development of grouping preferences. At 5–6 months, neither the Japanese nor the English infants revealed any systematic perceptual biases. However, by 7–8 months, the same age as when linguistic phrasal grouping develops, infants developed non-linguistic grouping preferences consistent with their language’s structure (and the grouping biases found in adulthood). These results reveal an early difference in non-linguistic perception between infants growing up in different language environments. The possibility that infants’ linguistic phrasal grouping is bootstrapped by abstract perceptual principles is discussed. |
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