@article{1f1daceb9e664138bba2e556848ae9d4,
title = "Predictive brain signals mediate association between shared reading and expressive vocabulary in infants",
abstract = "The ability to predict upcoming information is crucial for efficient language processing and enables more rapid language learning. The present study explored how shared reading experience influenced predictive brain signals and expressive vocabulary of 12-month-old infants. The predictive brain signals were measured by fNIRS responses in the occipital lobe with an unexpected visual-omission task. The amount of shared reading experience was correlated with the strength of this predictive brain signal and with infants{\textquoteright} expressive vocabulary. Importantly, the predictive brain signal explained unique variance of expressive vocabulary beyond shared reading experience and maternal education. A further mediation analysis showed that the effect of shared reading experience on expressive vocabulary was explained by the infants{\textquoteright} predictive brain signal. This is the first evidence indicating that richer shared reading experience strengthens predictive signals in the infant brain and in turn facilitates expressive vocabulary acquisition.",
author = "Shinmin Wang and Tzeng, {Ovid J.L.} and Aslin, {Richard N.}",
note = "Funding Information: SW received funding from the Ministry of Science and Technology [MOST109-2410-H-003-066] and “Chinese Language and Technology Center” of National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) from The Featured Areas Research Center Program within the framework of the Higher Education Sprout Project by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Taiwan. RNA received funding from the NIH [HD-037082]. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. We thank Li-Wei Ko, Jun Ren Lee and Rose Lee for providing administrative assistance, Fang-Ju Hsieh for data collection and all participating families for their time. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 Wang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.",
year = "2022",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1371/journal.pone.0272438",
language = "English",
volume = "17",
journal = "PloS one",
issn = "1932-6203",
publisher = "Public Library of Science",
number = "8 August",
}