Jacques Mehler
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Langus A, Mehler J, Nespor M
Neurosci Biobehav Rev
. 2016 Dec;
81(Pt B):158-166.
PMID: 27993604
Spoken language is governed by rhythm. Linguistic rhythm is hierarchical and the rhythmic hierarchy partially mimics the prosodic as well as the morpho-syntactic hierarchy of spoken language. It can thus...
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Marno H, Guellai B, Vidal Y, Franzoi J, Nespor M, Mehler J
Front Psychol
. 2016 Aug;
7:1150.
PMID: 27536263
From the first moments of their life, infants show a preference for their native language, as well as toward speakers with whom they share the same language. This preference appears...
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Marno H, Farroni T, Vidal Dos Santos Y, Ekramnia M, Nespor M, Mehler J
Sci Rep
. 2015 Sep;
5:13594.
PMID: 26323990
Infants' sensitivity to selectively attend to human speech and to process it in a unique way has been widely reported in the past. However, in order to successfully acquire language,...
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Ferry A, Flo A, Brusini P, Cattarossi L, Macagno F, Nespor M, et al.
Dev Sci
. 2015 Jul;
19(3):488-503.
PMID: 26190466
To understand language, humans must encode information from rapid, sequential streams of syllables - tracking their order and organizing them into words, phrases, and sentences. We used Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS)...
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Benavides-Varela S, Mehler J
Child Dev
. 2014 Sep;
86(1):209-23.
PMID: 25176617
Verbal memory is a fundamental prerequisite for language learning. This study investigated 7-month-olds' (N = 62) ability to remember the identity and order of elements in a multisyllabic word. The...
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Gomez D, Berent I, Benavides-Varela S, Bion R, Cattarossi L, Nespor M, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2014 Apr;
111(16):5837-41.
PMID: 24706790
The evolution of human languages is driven both by primitive biases present in the human sensorimotor systems and by cultural transmission among speakers. However, whether the design of the language...
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Gervain J, Sebastian-Galles N, Diaz B, Laka I, Mazuka R, Yamane N, et al.
Front Psychol
. 2013 Oct;
4:689.
PMID: 24106483
One universal feature of human languages is the division between grammatical functors and content words. From a learnability point of view, functors might provide entry points or anchors into the...
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Benavides-Varela S, Hochmann J, Macagno F, Nespor M, Mehler J
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2012 Oct;
109(44):17908-13.
PMID: 23071325
Recent research has shown that specific areas of the human brain are activated by speech from the time of birth. However, it is currently unknown whether newborns' brains also encode...
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Gervain J, Mehler J, Werker J, Nelson C, Csibra G, Lloyd-Fox S, et al.
Dev Cogn Neurosci
. 2012 Mar;
1(1):22-46.
PMID: 22436417
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a new and increasingly widespread brain imaging technique, particularly suitable for young infants. The laboratories of the McDonnell Consortium have contributed to the technological development and...
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Benavides-Varela S, Gomez D, Macagno F, Bion R, Peretz I, Mehler J
PLoS One
. 2011 Nov;
6(11):e27497.
PMID: 22087327
Background: The capacity to memorize speech sounds is crucial for language acquisition. Newborn human infants can discriminate phonetic contrasts and extract rhythm, prosodic information, and simple regularities from speech. Yet,...