- According to the paper, what is one environmental/epigenetic factor that may affect the development of dyslexia symptoms? 2. If a mother is speaking to her child, she tends to use high pitch, positive affect (happiness), and hyper-articulated vowels. According to the paper, why does she do this? 3. What would you predict would happen to infant-directed speech if a baby got a bad ear infection, and temporarily lost their hearing in both ears? 4. People hyper-articulate vowels when speaking to parrots, but not dogs. Why? 5. If you are a mother with dyslexia, and you adopt a child with no genetic risk of dyslexia, are you likely to hyper-articulate your vowels to the child? 6. If you are a mother without dyslexia, and you adopt a child with a genetic risk of dyslexia, are you likely to hyper-articulate your vowels to the child?
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