2022
Predictive brain signals mediate association between shared reading and expressive vocabulary in infants
Wang S, Tzeng O, Aslin R. Predictive brain signals mediate association between shared reading and expressive vocabulary in infants. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0272438. PMID: 35921370, PMCID: PMC9348734, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExpressive vocabularyShared reading experiencesReading experienceBrain signalsExpressive vocabulary acquisitionEfficient language processingFurther mediation analysisUnique varianceUpcoming informationVocabulary acquisitionLanguage learningMediation analysisInfant brainLanguage processingVocabularyPredictive signalsMaternal educationOccipital lobeExperiencePresent studyTaskFirst evidenceLearningReadingProcessingUsing an Artificial Lexicon and Eye Movements to Examine the Development and Microstructure of Lexical Dynamics
Magnuson J, Dahan D, Allopenna P, Tanenhaus M, Aslin R. Using an Artificial Lexicon and Eye Movements to Examine the Development and Microstructure of Lexical Dynamics. 2022, 651-656. DOI: 10.4324/9781315782416-121.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Visual Sensory Development ☆
Candy T, Aslin R. Visual Sensory Development ☆. 2020, 435-445. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-809324-5.21842-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
How Visual is Visual Prediction?
Emberson L, Rizzieri A, Aslin R. How Visual is Visual Prediction? Infancy 2017, 22: 748-761. DOI: 10.1111/infa.12188.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVisual predictionNeural predictionVisual stimuliDegraded visual stimuliPredictive auditory cuesRobust novelty preferenceAdditional visual experiencesVisual familiarityVisual system activityAuditory cuesUncertain stimuliNovelty preferenceVisual perceptionAmbiguous conditionsExperiment 3Experiment 1Experiment 2Visual experienceBehavioral methodsVisual stimulationFuture behaviorStimuliPerceptionRecent experienceExperience
2016
Using fNIRS to examine occipital and temporal responses to stimulus repetition in young infants: Evidence of selective frontal cortex involvement
Emberson LL, Cannon G, Palmeri H, Richards JE, Aslin RN. Using fNIRS to examine occipital and temporal responses to stimulus repetition in young infants: Evidence of selective frontal cortex involvement. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2016, 23: 26-38. PMID: 28012401, PMCID: PMC5253300, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2016.11.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRepetition suppressionPerceptual corticesAuditory repetition suppressionFrontal cortexAuditory stimuliStimulus repetitionExperiment 1Experiment 2Cortex involvementInfant brainTemporal cortexFrontal lobeAdult brainYoung infantsCortexRepetitionRecent experienceBrainFNIRSExperienceStimuliFirst evidenceSuggestive evidenceInfantsEvidence
2009
How Infants View Natural Scenes Gathered From a Head-Mounted Camera
Aslin RN. How Infants View Natural Scenes Gathered From a Head-Mounted Camera. Optometry And Vision Science 2009, 86: 561-565. PMID: 19417702, PMCID: PMC2748119, DOI: 10.1097/opx.0b013e3181a76e96.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly visual experienceVisual experienceHuman infant developmentHead-mounted cameraVisual worldVisual inputInfant developmentNatural scenesVisual deprivationSocial developmentPreliminary findingsBroad implicationsExperienceLanguageImportant insightsNatural environmentNormal infantsInfantsImplicationsSceneContextFindingsVideo imagesDeprivationSuch studies
2008
Visual Perception
Aslin R, Lathrop A. Visual Perception. 2008, 395-403. DOI: 10.1016/b978-012370877-9.00169-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVisual environmentBasic visual sensitivitiesFace perceptionPerceptual abilitiesVisual perceptionVisual informationExternal worldObject recognitionVisual systemVisual sensitivityVisual stimulationSubsequent experienceYear infantsPerceptionExquisite informationMaturational mechanismsDeficitsInfantsFundamental aspectsRecognitionExperienceAbilityInformationEnvironment
1990
Preference for Infant‐directed Speech in the First Month after Birth
Cooper R, Aslin R. Preference for Infant‐directed Speech in the First Month after Birth. Child Development 1990, 61: 1584-1595. PMID: 2245748, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1990.tb02885.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfant-directed speechAD speechAdult-directed speechPrenatal auditory experienceYoung infantsID speechSpeech preferenceInfants' preferenceVisual stimuliSpeech processingAuditory experienceTask variablesExperiment 1Prosodic featuresPostnatal experienceSpeechBehavioral preferencesOlder infantsPreferencesExperienceInfantsFirst monthStimuliSignificant differencesPossible role
1989
The Language Environment of the Young Infant: Implications for Early Perceptual Development*
Cooper R, Aslin R. The Language Environment of the Young Infant: Implications for Early Perceptual Development*. Canadian Journal Of Psychology/Revue Canadienne De Psychologie 1989, 43: 247-265. PMID: 2486498, DOI: 10.1037/h0084216.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly auditory experienceAuditory experienceAuditory preferenceYoung infantsEarly perceptual developmentLater language developmentEarly language processingYoung infants' useFormation of preferencesPerceptual developmentInfant attentionAuditory eventsAuditory informationLanguage developmentInfants' useLanguage environmentLanguage processingRecent researchExperiencePotential implicationsImplicationsAttentionSpeechPreferencesSaliency
1988
Perceptual Development
Aslin R, Smith L. Perceptual Development. Annual Review Of Psychology 1988, 39: 435-473. PMID: 3278680, DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ps.39.020188.002251.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerceptual representationsPerceptual developmentHigher-order processesEffect of experiencePerceptual abilitiesCognitive operationsSpeech soundsVisual modalityLanguage abilityPsychophysical perspectiveLinguistic processesRepresentational changeLanguage influenceHigher-order operationsPostnatal experienceSelective reviewFuture researchRepresentationStrong supportDirectional predictionPotential influenceDevelopmentalistsExperienceGeneral goalTask
1980
Effects of early linguistic experience on speech discrimination by infants: a critique of Eiler, Gavin, and Wilson (1979).
Aslin R, Pisoni D. Effects of early linguistic experience on speech discrimination by infants: a critique of Eiler, Gavin, and Wilson (1979). Child Development 1980, 51: 107-12. PMID: 7363730, PMCID: PMC3514872, DOI: 10.2307/1129596.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly linguistic experienceSpeech perceptionLinguistic experienceVoice onset time discriminationLanguage-learning environmentsExperimenter bias effectsSpeech contrastsEnglish infantsEilers et alDevelopmental courseTime discriminationSpeech discriminationDiscrimination dataYoung infantsGroups of infantsBias effectEarly experiencePerceptionConceptual groundsExperienceDiscriminationMethodological flawsSerious criticismGavinCritique