Critical thinking about critical periods: Perspectives on a critical period for language acquisition.

By Jacques Mehler, Emmanuel Dupoux, A. Book, Elissa L. Newport, Daphne Bavelier. 2001

165 citations recorded by the source corpus.

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

Citations in the corpus

How the Timing and Quality of Early Experiences Influence the Development of Brain Architecture (2010, unknown): “Further , this time point may be termed a ''critical'' period if the presence or absence of an experience results in irreversible change (Newport et al., 2001; Trachtenberg & Stryker, 2001).”
Sensitive Periods in the Development of the Brain and Behavior (2004, background): “Many sensitive periods end gradually as a result of the progress of development, such as the adjustment of sound localization in barn owls or the acquisition of language proficiency in humans (Newport et al., 2001; Brainard & Knudsen, 1998).”
Phonetic learning as a pathway to language: new data and native language magnet theory expanded (NLM-e) (2008, background): “…critical period have long been associated and many language scientists have discussed the issue (Lenneberg 1967; Johnson & Newport 1989; Bialystok & Hakuta 1994; Flege et al. 1999; Weber-Fox & Neville 1999; Yeni-Komshian et al. 2000; Birdsong & Molis 2001; Newport et al. 2001; Werker & Tees 2005).”
Removing brakes on adult brain plasticity: from molecular to behavioral interventions (2010, unknown): “It is effortful, often quite narrow in its scope, and most of the time incomplete compared with the learning children may exhibit (Newport et al., 2001).”
Brain Mechanisms in Early Language Acquisition (2010, background): “Language is one of the classic examples of a ‘‘critical’’ or ‘‘sensitive’’ period in neurobiology (Bruer, 2008; Johnson and Newport, 1989; Knudsen, 2004; Kuhl, 2004; Newport et al., 2001).”
Connectionist models of cognitive development: where next? (2005, background): “A second possibility (not necessarily incompatible with the first) has been proposed by Newport [ 11 ] and Elman [12].”