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Prosem Lecture: Infant Vocalizations as Signals of Developmental Progress to Caregivers
November 15, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Presenter: Helen Long, PhD, CCC-SLP, Waisman Center T32 Postdoctoral Researcher, WISC Lab, PI: Katie Hustad, PhD
Topic: Infant Vocalizations as Signals of Developmental Progress to Caregivers
This dissertation evaluates the role of prelinguistic vocalizations as indicators of developmental progress, i.e., fitness signals, with respect to evolutionary-developmental theory. This research is founded in the notion that infant vocal stages follow a natural logic of development foundational to language in humans and high rates of prelinguistic speech-like vocalizations, or “protophones,” may be under positive selection pressures to signal wellness and developmental wellbeing to caregivers.
Previous and current funding support: NIDCD- R01DC015108, R01DC011027, R01DC006099 (PI: Oller), Plough Foundation, and NICHD- T32HD007489 (PI: Hartley)
