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Peter Jusczyk (born January 31, 1948; died August 23, 2001) was a psychologist known for his work on speech perception and language acquisition in infants. At the time of his death he was Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science at Johns Hopkins University.

In his honor, the Society for Language Development gives the Peter Jusczyk Best Paper Award annually to the best paper published in the journal Language Learning and Development.

Jusczyk was the author of the widely cited book The Discovery of Spoken Language. ADD SNIPPETS FROM BOOK REVIEWS.

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Representative Publications

 * Eimas, P. D., Siqueland, E. R., Jusczyk, P., & Vigorito, J. (1971). Speech perception in infants. Science, 171(3968), 303-306.
 * Jusczyk, P. W., & Aslin, R. N. (1995). Infants′ detection of the sound patterns of words in fluent speech. Cognitive psychology, 29(1), 1-23.
 * Jusczyk, P. W., Cutler, A., & Redanz, N. J. (1993). Infants' preference for the predominant stress patterns of English words. Child development, 64(3), 675-687.
 * Jusczyk, P. W., Luce, P. A., & Charles-Luce, J. (1994). Infants′ sensitivity to phonotactic patterns in the native language. Journal of Memory and Language, 33(5), 630-645.
 * Mehler, J., Jusczyk, P., Lambertz, G., Halsted, N., Bertoncini, J., & Amiel-Tison, C. (1988). A precursor of language acquisition in young infants. Cognition, 29(2), 143-178.