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An Examination Of Entrainment In Typically Developing Children, Kiersten A. Pope
An Examination Of Entrainment In Typically Developing Children, Kiersten A. Pope
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
Purpose: Conversational entrainment describes the tendency for individuals to align their behavior with their communication partners and is essential for successful interaction. Evidence of entrainment in adults is robust, yet research regarding its development is sparse. Here, we investigate the effectiveness of a quasi-conversational paradigm for the purpose of identifying the speech rate entrainment abilities of children.
Method: Data were collected from a total of 50 typically developing children from 5-14 years old. Participants completed an entrainment task to identify the presence of speech rate modification depending on the presence of “fast” or “slow” stimuli. The entrainment task utilized a …