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Werker, Janet
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Core Area(s): Developmental, Cognitive Science
Research Interests
Precursors to language acquisition in infancy - speech perception, early word learning, cognitive development, and parent-infant communication. We study infants from hours after birth up to toddler hood using both behavioural and electrophysiological (ERP) techniques. We also examine these processes in infants growing up bilingual, and in infants with, or at risk for, developmental disabilities. Adult studies focus on speech perception and lexical processing of both spoken language and visual speech, and involve behavioural and neuroimaging studies.
Courses Taught
PSYC 302 Infancy, PSYC 585 Special topics in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
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Homepage:
http://infantstudies.psych.ubc.ca/people
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Lab Website: http://infantstudies.psych.ubc.ca/
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UBC Department of Psychology
2136 West Mall
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4
Phone: (604) 822-6741
Fax: (604) 822-6923
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Representative Publications
Werker, J.F., & Byers-Heinlein, K. (2008). The youngest bilinguals: First steps in perception and comprehension of language. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 12(4), 144-151.
Dietrch, C., Swingley, D., & Werker, J.F. (2007). Native language governs interpretation of salient speech sound differences at 18 months. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S., 104(41), 16027 – 16031.
Fennell, C.T., Byers-Heinlein, K., & Werker, J.F. (2007). Using speech sounds to guide word learning: The case of bilingual infants. Child Development, 78 (5), 1510 – 1525.
Vouloumanos, A. & Werker, J.F. (2007) Listening to language at birth: Evidence for a bias for speech in neonates. Developmental Science, 10(2), 159-164.
Weikum, W. Vouloumanos, A., Navarro, J., Soto-Faraco, S., Sebastian-Galles, N., & Werker, J.F. (2007). Visual language discrimination in infancy. Science, 316, 1159.
Werker, J.F. & Yeung, H. H. (2005). Infant speech perception bootstraps word learning. Trends in Cognitive Science. 9(11), 519-527.
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