“Mothers speak differently to infants at-risk for dyslexia” by Kalashnikova

Read the article entitled “Mothers speak differently to infants at-risk for dyslexia” by Kalashnikova and answer
the following 6 questions:

1. 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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