Some Theoretical Implications of Cross-Modal Research in Speech Perception

Abstract

[provides] a summary account of selected studies of cross-modal speech perception in adults and infants / adult studies have been largely directed to exploring the nature of the cross-modal interaction / infant studies have been directed both to establishing that infants are sensitive to correspondence between sound and gesture and to understanding the perceptual basis of their imitative responses (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved). (chapter)