Early Emergence of Cultural Differences in Audiovisual Speech Perception
Linlin Yan, Shuaike Hu, Yue Ding, Mengke Jin, Anna Krasotkina, Licai Ren, Shaoying Liu, Naiqi G. Xiao · 2026
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Linlin Yan and co-authors studied babies' speech perception in a 2026 paper on culture and the senses. Adults blend what they hear with what they see on a speaker's face. East Asian adults lean less on the visual side than Western adults, but when that gap starts was unknown.
The team tested White Canadian and Chinese infants aged six to twelve months with a classic illusion where sight changes what sound is heard. Canadian babies showed a steady effect from six months. Chinese babies developed it on a slower path, more so with faces of another race. Culture shapes speech perception from the first year of life.
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| CREATOR | Linlin Yan, Shuaike Hu, Yue Ding, Mengke Jin, Anna Krasotkina, Licai Ren, Shaoying Liu, Naiqi G. Xiao |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 68 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |