'the conversation' is too dry
In this episode of Beyond Words, host Garrett Oyama, MS, CCC-SLP welcomes Martin Zettersten, PhD to explore how infants actively learn language through curiosity, attention, and everyday experiences.
Dr. Zettersten shares insights from his work as Principal Investigator of the Language and Infant Learning (LIL) Lab at University of California, San Diego, highlighting how children seek out and process information as they begin to build their early vocabularies.
Together, they break down how attention and learning interact in early word learning, and what that means for how infants begin to connect words with meaning.
They also explore the growing role of collaborative “team science” in strengthening developmental research, with large-scale initiatives like Peekbank and ManyBabies leading the way in improving the reliability and generalizability of findings in infancy science.
This episode offers a research-informed perspective on how infants learn from the world around them and why collaboration is key to advancing what we know about early language development.
Dr. Zettersten shares insights from his work as Principal Investigator of the Language and Infant Learning (LIL) Lab at University of California, San Diego, highlighting how children seek out and process information as they begin to build their early vocabularies.
Together, they break down how attention and learning interact in early word learning, and what that means for how infants begin to connect words with meaning.
They also explore the growing role of collaborative “team science” in strengthening developmental research, with large-scale initiatives like Peekbank and ManyBabies leading the way in improving the reliability and generalizability of findings in infancy science.
This episode offers a research-informed perspective on how infants learn from the world around them and why collaboration is key to advancing what we know about early language development.
