Article: Babies 'babble' in sign language.(News)

Article: Resources for Baby Signing
The Washington Post;  March 13, 2001 ;     332 words ... ... Your Baby," which recommends teaching American Sign Language signs. The site contains links to research in ... McGill University Psychology Professor Laura-Ann Petitto on sign language and bilingualism in young children.

Article: RESEARCHER FINDS NON-VERBAL BABBLING
United Press International;  July 16, 2004 ;     289 words ... ... that babies exposed to sign language do a non-verbal equivalent ... other infants. Laura Ann Petitto of Dartmouth College ... exposed at home only to sign language using the hands. Petitto ... those exposed only to sign language also made low-frequency ...

Article: NSERC at 2009 AAAS Annual Meeting.
NewsRx Science;  March 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... and machine learning, and to genomics research; Laura-Ann Petitto, University of Toronto: For insightful contributions to our understanding of human language, including bilingualism and sign language, using behavioral and neuroscience techniques; Mary Jane ...

Article: NSERC at 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the ...
Canadian Corporate News;  February 12, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... and machine learning, and to genomics research; - Laura-Ann Petitto, University of Toronto: For insightful contributions to our understanding of human language, including bilingualism and sign language, using behavioral and neuroscience techniques; - Mary Jane ...

Article: SCIENCE NOTEBOOK
The Washington Post;  December 11, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... they wrote. New Insight on Sign Language When deaf people use sign language, it activates the same ... to new research. Laura Ann Petitto of McGill University in ... they communicated using sign language. The researchers found ...

Transcript: Washoe's Legacy: A Cross-Species Connection
NPR Weekend All Things Considered;  November 3, 2007 ;     699 words ... ... Washoe using American Sign language. Deborah Fouts was ... could use American Sign Language and because so many ... could use American Sign Language, it broke down the ... Chimpsky, Laura-Ann Petitto, said that the two ...

Article: Language goes beyond sight, sound in brain.(Brief Article)
Science News;  December 9, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... people who are using sign language or watching others do ... neuroscientists led by Laura-Ann Petitto of McGill University ... had learned American Sign Language and 6 of whom had learned another type of sign language used in Quebec and other ...