2016
Statistical learning: a powerful mechanism that operates by mere exposure
Aslin RN. Statistical learning: a powerful mechanism that operates by mere exposure. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive Science 2016, 8 PMID: 27906526, PMCID: PMC5182173, DOI: 10.1002/wcs.1373.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMere exposureStatistical learning mechanismsLittle apparent effortTransfer of learningImplicit learningSpeech syllablesLittle active involvementUnderlying temporal structurePassive listeningStatistical learningLearning mechanismHuman infantsWIREs websiteApparent effortVariety of modalitiesFurther resourcesTemporal structureLearningPowerful mechanismInstructionAslinSyllablesSaffranSpecific typesListeningSampling over Nonuniform Distributions: A Neural Efficiency Account of the Primacy Effect in Statistical Learning
Karuza EA, Li P, Weiss DJ, Bulgarelli F, Zinszer BD, Aslin RN. Sampling over Nonuniform Distributions: A Neural Efficiency Account of the Primacy Effect in Statistical Learning. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2016, 28: 1484-1500. PMID: 27315265, PMCID: PMC5576997, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00990.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimacy effectFamiliar languageExtensive behavioral evidenceEarly auditory cortexLanguage learning capacityImportance of cuesPosterior parietal regionsAbsence of cuesFunctional connectivity analysisSuccessful knowledge acquisitionNeural accountFamiliarity judgmentsNeural efficiencyCognitive systemFMRI scanningArtificial languageBehavioral evidenceNovel languageParietal regionsStatistical learningSyllable inventoryAuditory cortexEfficiency accountConnectivity analysisLearning capacityIncremental implicit learning of bundles of statistical patterns
Qian T, Jaeger TF, Aslin RN. Incremental implicit learning of bundles of statistical patterns. Cognition 2016, 157: 156-173. PMID: 27639552, PMCID: PMC5181648, DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2016.09.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBayes TheoremCuesHumansMemoryModels, PsychologicalPattern Recognition, VisualProbability LearningReaction Time
2015
Enhanced Visual Statistical Learning in Adults With Autism
Roser ME, Aslin RN, McKenzie R, Zahra D, Fiser J. Enhanced Visual Statistical Learning in Adults With Autism. Neuropsychology 2015, 29: 163-172. PMID: 25151115, PMCID: PMC4340818, DOI: 10.1037/neu0000137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAutism Spectrum DisorderChildFemaleHumansLanguageMaleMemory, Short-TermMiddle AgedProbability LearningConceptsAutism spectrum disorderVisual statistical learningShort-term memoryStatistical learningAge-matched control participantsDomains of learningHigh covariationPairs of shapesVisuospatial processingObservational learningMultiple exemplarsSpectrum disorderSustained biasLanguage deficienciesControl participantsLow covariationVisual featuresExposure phaseSocial engagementParticipant groupsAdult participantsPatterns of covariationLearningCovariationParticipants
2011
Right Hemisphere Dominance in Visual Statistical Learning
Roser ME, Fiser J, Aslin RN, Gazzaniga MS. Right Hemisphere Dominance in Visual Statistical Learning. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2011, 23: 1088-1099. PMID: 20433243, PMCID: PMC3003769, DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2010.21508.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSplit-brain patientsLeft visual fieldVisual fieldControl participantsStatistical learningHemisphere advantageFMRI activation patternsNormal control participantsVisual statistical learningLeft hemisphere advantageRight hemisphere advantageVisual feature combinationsUnsupervised statistical learningVisuospatial integrationRight hemisphereActivation patternsImplicit learningPairs of shapesVisuospatial processingTest displayNew visual featuresPatientsHemispheric asymmetryVisual featuresConceptual knowledge
2007
Perceived object trajectories during occlusion constrain visual statistical learning
Fiser J, Scholl BJ, Aslin RN. Perceived object trajectories during occlusion constrain visual statistical learning. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 2007, 14: 173-178. PMID: 17546749, DOI: 10.3758/bf03194046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual statistical learningStatistical learningLearning phaseDifferential eye movementsPerceptual biasesFamiliarity judgmentsShape pairsEye movementsObject trajectoriesPerceptShape sequenceLearningParticipantsComputational complexityJudgmentsObject transitionsBiasesTrajectoriesSpeed profileBiasObjectsOccluderContextFindings
2005
Methodological challenges for understanding cognitive development in infants
Aslin RN, Fiser J. Methodological challenges for understanding cognitive development in infants. Trends In Cognitive Sciences 2005, 9: 92-98. PMID: 15737816, DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2005.01.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBrainBrain MappingChild DevelopmentCognitionForecastingHumansInfantInfant BehaviorLearningProbability LearningPsychology, Child
2001
Unsupervised Statistical Learning of Higher-Order Spatial Structures from Visual Scenes
Fiser J, Aslin R. Unsupervised Statistical Learning of Higher-Order Spatial Structures from Visual Scenes. Psychological Science 2001, 12: 499-504. PMID: 11760138, DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00392.Peer-Reviewed Original Research