2009
Changing Structures in Midstream: Learning Along the Statistical Garden Path
Gebhart AL, Aslin RN, Newport EL. Changing Structures in Midstream: Learning Along the Statistical Garden Path. Cognitive Science 2009, 33: 1087-1116. PMID: 20574548, PMCID: PMC2889674, DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2009.01041.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAuditory statistical learning taskLow-level acoustic cuesAuditory statistical learningStatistical learning taskTrisyllabic nonsense wordsNonsense wordsExplicit cuesAcoustic cuesLearning taskPitch changesStatistical learningGarden pathDistributional informationLearnersCuesComputational perspectiveWordsTaskLearningPrevious studiesInformationAbility
2006
Acquiring an artificial lexicon: Segment type and order information in early lexical entries
Creel S, Aslin R, Tanenhaus M. Acquiring an artificial lexicon: Segment type and order information in early lexical entries. Journal Of Memory And Language 2006, 54: 1-19. DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2005.09.003.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
Computation of Conditional Probability Statistics by 8-Month-Old Infants
Aslin R, Saffran J, Newport E. Computation of Conditional Probability Statistics by 8-Month-Old Infants. Psychological Science 1998, 9: 321-324. DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransitional probabilitiesTrisyllabic nonsense wordsPowerful learning mechanismWord segmentation taskConditional probability statisticsNonsense wordsProsodic cuesSpeech syllablesTest wordsContinuous streamFluent speechWord boundariesSyllable pairsContinuous speechInfants' responsesLearning mechanismListening experienceLanguage corporaWordsOlder infantsSpeechSyllablesCorpusCuesPresent study