The influence of home speech environment on language development in infants

• Project/Area Number: 24K16043
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 02060:Linguistics-related
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Lovcevic Irena 東京大学, ニューロインテリジェンス国際研究機構, 特任研究員 (30992680)
• Project Period (FY): 2024-04-01 – 2026-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2024: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
• Keywords: infants / language development / interactions / longitudinal study / naturalistic study

Outline of Research at the Start

This project will examine the composition of early mother-infant interactions and its effects on infants’ language outcomes by using a unique dataset of large-scale naturalistic Japanese mother-infant dyads obtained in home settings.