Psychology · Developmental Psychology
A topic within Developmental Psychology, itself one of 11 topics in that field and part of Psychology.
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Patricia K. Kuhl
Infants use statistical patterns in the speech they hear to tune their perception to their native language's sounds within the first year of life, narrowing from an initial ability to discriminate the sounds of any language.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Elissa L. Newport
Comparing deaf signers who learned American Sign Language at different ages, ultimate grammatical skill declines the later first exposure to a language begins, evidence for a sensitive period in which a less mature learner's more limited processing is actually an advantage for extracting grammatical structure.