Early Language Development

1. List of Contributors; 2. Preface; 3. Introduction to early language development: Bridging brain and behavior (by Thierry, Guillaume); 4. 1. The method of event-related brain potentials in the study of cognitive processes: A tutorial (by Mannel, Claudia); 5. 2. Event-related potential studies of early language processing at the phoneme, word, and sentence levels (by Conboy, Barbara T.); 6. 3. Behavioral and electrophysiological exploration of early word segmentation in French: Distinguishing the syllabic and lexical levels. (by Nazzi, Thierry); 7. 4. Reflections on reflections of infant word recognition (by Kooijman, Valesca); 8. 5. The onset of word form recognition: A behavioural and neurophysiological study (by Thierry, Guillaume); 9. 6. Neurophysiological correlates of picture-word priming in one-year-olds (by Friedrich, Manuela); 10. 7. The effects of early word learning on brain development (by Sheehan, Elizabeth A.); 11. 8. From perception to grammar (by Mehler, Jacques); 12. 9. The development of syntactic brain correlates during the first years of life (by Friederici, Angela D.); 13. 10. Language acquisition and ERP approaches: Prospects and challenges (by Poeppel, David); 14. Glossary; 15. Index