Autonomic Processes of Language Production in Infants
Thursday, May 15, 2025
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
This talk explores an interdisciplinary researrch program investigating the physiological and developmental processes that support early language production. While much is known about how infants hear and process language, less is understood about the complex motor and autonomic functions involved in producing it. Using wireless sensors, computer vision, and machine learning, the research offers a systems-level view of infant-caregiver dynamics, with implications for supporting healthy development and identifying early intervention targets for communication and attention disorders.
About the Speaker
Jeremy I. Borjon is an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Houston, where he directs the Developing Systems Laboratory. Supported by a National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Pathway to Independence Award, his research investigates how infants coordinate visual, motor, and autonomic processes during the first two years of life. Housed within the Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics, his work aims to understand how human infants coordinate their internal states with emerging cognitive and motor systems during the first years of life.
- Location
- Online
- Sponsor
- Division of Research