Journal article
Quantifying Sources of Variability in Infancy Research Using the Infant-Directed-Speech Preference
Advances in methods and practices in psychological science, Vol.3(1), pp.24-52
03/01/2020
DOI: 10.1177/2515245919900809
Abstract
Psychological scientists have become increasingly concerned with issues related to methodology and replicability, and infancy researchers in particular face specific challenges related to replicability: For example, high-powered studies are difficult to conduct, testing conditions vary across labs, and different labs have access to different infant populations. Addressing these concerns, we report on a large-scale, multisite study aimed at (a) assessing the overall replicability of a single theoretically important phenomenon and (b) examining methodological, cultural, and developmental moderators. We focus on infants' preference for infant-directed speech (IDS) over adult-directed speech (ADS). Stimuli of mothers speaking to their infants and to an adult in North American English were created using seminaturalistic laboratory-based audio recordings. Infants' relative preference for IDS and ADS was assessed across 67 laboratories in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia using the three common methods for measuring infants' discrimination (head-turn preference, central fixation, and eye tracking). The overall meta-analytic effect size (Cohen's d) was 0.35, 95% confidence interval = [0.29, 0.42], which was reliably above zero but smaller than the meta-analytic mean computed from previous literature (0.67). The IDS preference was significantly stronger in older children, in those children for whom the stimuli matched their native language and dialect, and in data from labs using the head-turn preference procedure. Together, these findings replicate the IDS preference but suggest that its magnitude is modulated by development, native-language experience, and testing procedure.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Quantifying Sources of Variability in Infancy Research Using the Infant-Directed-Speech Preference
- Creators
- Michael C. Frank - Stanford UniversityKatherine Jane Alcock - Lancaster University GhanaNatalia Arias-Trejo - Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City, DF, MexicoGisa Aschersleben - Saarland UniversityDare Baldwin - University of OregonStephanie Barbu - University of RennesElika Bergelson - Duke UniversityChristina Bergmann - Max Planck Institute for PsycholinguisticsAlexis K. Black - Haskins LaboratoriesRyan Blything - University of BristolMaximilian P. Bohland - TU DresdenPetra Bolitho - Victoria University of WellingtonArielle Borovsky - Purdue University West LafayetteShannon M. Brady - University of California, Los AngelesBettina Braun - University of KonstanzAnna Brown - University of LiverpoolKrista Byers-Heinlein - Concordia Univ, Montreal, PQ, CanadaLinda E. Campbell - University of Newcastle AustraliaCara Cashon - University of Louisville HospitalMihye Choi - University of Massachusetts BostonJoan Christodoulou - University of California, Los AngelesLaura K. Cirelli - University of TorontoStefania Conte - University of Milano-BicoccaSara Cordes - Boston Coll, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167 USAChristopher Cox - Univ York, York, N Yorkshire, EnglandAlejandrina Cristia - Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et PsycholinguistiqueRhodri Cusack - Trinity College DublinCatherine Davies - University of LeedsMaartje de Klerk - Utrecht UniversityClaire Delle Luche - University of EssexLaura de Ruiter - University of ManchesterDhanya Dinakar - Western Sydney UniversityKate C. Dixon - University of Louisville HospitalVirginie Durier - University of RennesSamantha Durrant - University of LiverpoolChristopher Fennell - University of OttawaBrock Ferguson - Strong Analyt, Chicago, IL USAAlissa Ferry - University of ManchesterPaula Fikkert - Radboud University NijmegenTeresa Flanagan - Franklin & Marshall CollegeCaroline Floccia - University of PlymouthMegan Foley - Florida State University-PanamaTom Fritzsche - University of PotsdamRebecca L. A. Frost - Max Planck Institute for PsycholinguisticsAnja Gampe - University of ZurichJudit Gervain - Laboratoire Psychologie de la PerceptionNayeli Gonzalez-Gomez - Oxford Brookes UniversityAnna Gupta - Leiden UniversityLaura E. Hahn - Radboud University NijmegenJ. Kiley Hamlin - University of British ColumbiaErin E. Hannon - University of Nevada, Las VegasNaomi Havron - Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et PsycholinguistiqueJessica Hay - University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleMikolaj Hernik - Eötvös Loránd UniversityBarbara Hohle - University of PotsdamDerek M. Houston - The Ohio State UniversityLauren H. Howard - Franklin & Marshall CollegeMitsuhiko Ishikawa - Kyoto UniversityShoji Itakura - Kyoto UniversityIain Jackson - University of ManchesterKrisztina Jakobsen - James Madison UniversityMarianna Jarto - Universität HamburgScott P. Johnson - University of California, Los AngelesCaroline Junge - Utrecht UniversityDidar Karadag - Boğaziçi UniversityNatalia Kartushina - University of OsloDanielle J. Kellier - Stanford UniversityTamar Keren-Portnoy - Univ York, York, N Yorkshire, EnglandKelsey Klassen - University of ManitobaMelissa Kline - Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyEon-Suk Ko - Chosun UniversityJonathan F. Kominsky - Harvard University PressJessica E. Kosie - University of OregonHaley E. Kragness - McMaster UniversityAndrea A. R. Krieger - Saarland UniversityFlorian Krieger - University of LuxembourgJill Lany - University of Notre DameRoberto J. Lazo - University of MiamiMichelle Lee - University of California, San DiegoChloe Leservoisier - University of RennesClaartje Levelt - Leiden UniversityCasey Lew-Williams - Princeton UniversityMatthias Lippold - University of GöttingenUlf Liszkowski - Universität HamburgLiquan Liu - Western Sydney UniversitySteven G. Luke - Brigham Young UniversityRebecca A. Lundwall - Brigham Young UniversityViola Macchi Cassia - University of Milano-BicoccaNivedita Mani - University of GöttingenCaterina Marino - Laboratoire Psychologie de la PerceptionAlia Martin - Victoria University of WellingtonMeghan Mastroberardino - Concordia UniversityVictoria Mateu - University of California, Los AngelesJulien Mayor - University of OsloKatharina Menn - Radboud University NijmegenChristine Michel - Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain SciencesYusuke Moriguchi - Kyoto UniversityBenjamin Morris - University of ChicagoKarli M. Nave - University of Nevada, Las VegasThierry Nazzi - Laboratoire Psychologie de la PerceptionClaire Noble - University of LiverpoolMiriam A. Novack - Northwestern UniversityNonah M. Olesen - University of Louisville HospitalAdriel John Orena - McGill UniversityMitsuhiko Ota - University of EdinburghRobin Panneton - Virginia TechSara Parvanezadeh Esfahani - University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleMarkus Paulus - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenCarolina Pletti - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenLinda Polka - McGill UniversityChristine Potter - Princeton UniversityHugh Rabagliati - University of EdinburghShruthilaya Ramachandran - National University of SingaporeJennifer L. Rennels - University of Nevada, Las VegasGreg D. Reynolds - University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleKelly C. Roth - University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleCharlotte Rothwell - Lancaster UniversityDoroteja Rubez - The Ohio State UniversityYana Ryjova - University of Nevada, Las VegasJenny Saffran - University of Wisconsin–MadisonAyumi Sato - Shimane UniversitySophie Savelkouls - Boston CollegeAdena Schachner - University of California, San DiegoGraham Schafer - University of ReadingMelanie S. Schreiner - University of GöttingenAmanda Seidl - Purdue University West LafayetteMohinish Shukla - University of Massachusetts BostonElizabeth A. Simpson - University of MiamiLeher Singh National - Natl Univ Singapore, Singapore, SingaporeBarbora Skarabela - University of EdinburghGaye Soley - Boğaziçi UniversityMegha Sundara - University of California, Los AngelesAnna Theakston - University of ManchesterAbbie Thompson - University of Notre DameLaurel J. Trainor - McMaster UniversitySandra E. Trehub - University of TorontoAnna S. Troan - University of OsloAngeline Sin-Mei Tsui - University of OttawaKatherine Twomey - University of ManchesterKatie Von Holzen - Laboratoire Psychologie de la PerceptionYuanyuan Wang - The Ohio State UniversitySandra Waxman - Northwestern UniversityJanet F. Werker - University of British ColumbiaStephanie Wermelinger - University of ZurichAlix Woolard - University of Newcastle AustraliaDaniel Yurovsky - University of ChicagoKatharina Zahner - University of KonstanzMartin Zettersten - University of Wisconsin–MadisonMelanie Soderstrom - University of ManitobaManyBabies Consortium
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Advances in methods and practices in psychological science, Vol.3(1), pp.24-52
- Publisher
- Sage
- DOI
- 10.1177/2515245919900809
- ISSN
- 2515-2459
- eISSN
- 2515-2467
- Number of pages
- 29
- Grant note
- Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba Alvin V., Jr. and Nancy C. Baird Professorship ANR-17-EURE-0017 / Agence Nationale de la Recherche; Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) R03 HD079779; R37 HD037466 / U.S. National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA 609819 / European Research Council Synergy Grant (SOMICS) 12R81103; 2018-05823; 402470-2011 / Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); CGIAR ES/L008955/1; ES/N005635/1 / United Kingdom's Economic and Social Research Council NRF-2016S1A2A2912606 / Korean National Research Fund Research Manitoba, University of Manitoba Leibniz ScienceCampus Primate Cognition seed funds Science Academy, Turkey, Young Scientist Award Program (BAGEP) 12R20580 / Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Laura and John Arnold Foundation through the Association for Psychological Science
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2020
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984627340902771
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