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perceptual narrowing: a standalone construct

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Developmental psychology

infants lose the ability to discriminate speech contrasts absent from their native language during the first year.

In developmental psychology, perceptual narrowing refers to infants lose the ability to discriminate speech contrasts absent from their native language during the first year. This meaning comes from Werker (1984) in Infant Behavior and Development.[1]

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Werker, J. F., & Tees, R. C. (1984). Cross-language speech perception: Evidence for perceptual reorganization during the first year of life. Infant Behavior and Development, 7(1), 49-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0163-6383(84)80022-3

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