Reposted by Katie Mudd
Pleased to share that our paper has been published in Child Dev. When caregivers use more iconic speech, infants are more engaged. Iconic caregiver speech is also associated with heightened IDS but effects on infant engagement remain after controlling for this. academic.oup.com/chidev/artic...
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Caregivers' use of iconic words is associated with high positive engagement by both caregivers and infants
Abstract. Iconic words are more frequent in infant-directed speech, but it is not known why. We examine whether caregivers use iconic words to engage infan
