Center for Infant Studies - Stanford University

How to Participate

If you'd like to learn more about how to participate with your child in research on early language, you can contact us online and we'll give you a call.

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We have recently opened a new center for research with Spanish-learning children at 2576 Hazelwood Way in East Palo Alto.


		Some recent presentations at conferences and professional meetings
		Fernald & Marchman: CONTINUITY IN PROCESSING SKILL: EARLY FLUENCY IN UNDERSTANDING FACILITATES LANGUAGE LEARNING [ICIS, 2008] Fernald, Marchman & Portillo: LOOKING-WHILE-LISTENING: USING REAL-TIME MEASURES OF SPEECH PROCESSING TO MONITOR COMPREHENSION BY VERY YOUNG LANGUAGE LEARNERS [ICIS, 2008] Marchman, Hurtado, Budde & Fernald: SPANISH-LEARNERS USE GRAMMATICAL NUMBER TO FACILITATE ONLINE LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION [ICIS, 2008] Fernald: WHAT REAL-TIME PROCESSING MEASURES REVEAL ABOUT HOW CHILDREN USE GRAMMATICAL MORPHEMES IN FLUENT UNDERSTANDING [BUCLD, 2007] Thorpe & Fernald: DEVELOPING EFFICIENCY IN ON-LINE INTERPRETATION OF ADJECTIVE-NOUN PHRASES: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY FROM FROM 24 TO 36 MONTHS [BUCLD, 2007] Lew-Williams: LEARNING NOVEL NOUNS IN SPANISH: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN L1- AND L2-SPEAKERS IN ONLINE PROCESSING OF GRAMMATICAL GENDER [BUCLD, 2007] Weisleder, Thorpe & Hurtado: INTERPRETING ATTRIBUTIVE ADJECTIVES IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH: EFFECTS OF SEQUENTIAL PROCESSING IN CHILDREN'S COMPREHENSION [BUCLD, 2007] Hurtado & Fernald: HOW MOTHERS' SPEECH TO LATINO CHILDREN LEARNING SPANISH RELATES TO EARLY SPEECH PROCESSING EFFICIENCY AND LATER LANGUAGE GROWTH [SRCD, 2007]

Results from Recent Studies

Thanks to all the parents and children who have contributed to our research. Here's what we've learned...

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