2017
Neural Signatures of Spatial Statistical Learning: Characterizing the Extraction of Structure from Complex Visual Scenes
Karuza EA, Emberson LL, Roser ME, Cole D, Aslin RN, Fiser J. Neural Signatures of Spatial Statistical Learning: Characterizing the Extraction of Structure from Complex Visual Scenes. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2017, 29: 1963-1976. PMID: 28850297, PMCID: PMC5886020, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01182.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTask-based connectivityStatistical learningBehavioral performanceParticipants' behavioral performanceMedial temporal activationPrior fMRI studiesComplex visual scenesCourse of learningDegree of learningNeural signaturesIndividual differencesDorsal striatalNeural substratesFMRI studyPsychophysiological interactionVisual sceneParticipants' abilityBehavioral evidenceOccipitoparietal activationInterregional couplingInternal representationPosttest performanceNeural activityConnectivity analysisSet of areas
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 capacity
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 ResearchConceptsAutism 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
2014
Dynamic shifts in connectivity between frontal, occipital, hippocampal and striatal regions characterize statistical learning of spatial patterns
Karuza E, Emberson L, Roser M, Gazzaniga M, Cole D, Aslin R, Fiser J. Dynamic shifts in connectivity between frontal, occipital, hippocampal and striatal regions characterize statistical learning of spatial patterns. Journal Of Vision 2014, 14: 955-955. DOI: 10.1167/14.10.955.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStatistical learning
2013
The neural correlates of statistical learning in a word segmentation task: An fMRI study
Karuza EA, Newport EL, Aslin RN, Starling SJ, Tivarus ME, Bavelier D. The neural correlates of statistical learning in a word segmentation task: An fMRI study. Brain And Language 2013, 127: 46-54. PMID: 23312790, PMCID: PMC3750089, DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2012.11.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft inferior frontal gyrusFunctional magnetic resonance imagingNeural activationStatistical learningImplicit sequence learningWord segmentation taskInferior frontal gyrusCoherent sequenceSpeech streamNeural correlatesSequence learningNeural basisBehavioral performanceFMRI studyFrontal gyrusSyllable sequencesPars opercularisSubcortical networksTransitional probabilitiesBrain areasBehavioral testsLearningContinuous streamSegmentation taskParticipants
2012
Statistical Learning
Aslin RN, Newport EL. Statistical Learning. Current Directions In Psychological Science 2012, 21: 170-176. PMID: 24000273, PMCID: PMC3758750, DOI: 10.1177/0963721412436806.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStatistical learning
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
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 studiesInformationAbilityStatistical learning of adjacent and nonadjacent dependencies among nonlinguistic sounds
Gebhart AL, Newport EL, Aslin RN. Statistical learning of adjacent and nonadjacent dependencies among nonlinguistic sounds. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 2009, 16: 486-490. PMID: 19451373, PMCID: PMC2799498, DOI: 10.3758/pbr.16.3.486.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStatistical learning mechanismsNonlinguistic soundsNonadjacent dependenciesPatterned relationshipsPerceptual similarityNonadjacent elementsSimilarity cuesAdjacent syllablesStatistical learningLearning mechanismSyllablesContinuous streamExtensive exposureAdultsParticipantsCuesContinuous sequenceRelationshipPresent studyLearningPrevious workStatistical learning of phonetic categories: insights from a computational approach
McMurray B, Aslin RN, Toscano JC. Statistical learning of phonetic categories: insights from a computational approach. Developmental Science 2009, 12: 369-378. PMID: 19371359, PMCID: PMC2742678, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00822.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
Encoding Multielement Scenes: Statistical Learning of Visual Feature Hierarchies
Fiser J, Aslin R. Encoding Multielement Scenes: Statistical Learning of Visual Feature Hierarchies. Journal Of Experimental Psychology General 2005, 134: 521-537. PMID: 16316289, DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.134.4.521.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2004
Learning at a distance II. Statistical learning of non-adjacent dependencies in a non-human primate
Newport E, Hauser M, Spaepen G, Aslin R. Learning at a distance II. Statistical learning of non-adjacent dependencies in a non-human primate. Cognitive Psychology 2004, 49: 85-117. PMID: 15304368, DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2003.12.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-adjacent regularitiesStatistical regularitiesTamarin monkeysType of languageNon-adjacent syllablesWord-like unitsCotton-top tamarin monkeysNon-adjacent dependenciesNon-adjacent segmentsPredictable relationNon-human primatesLanguage acquisitionFamiliarization methodsHuman learnersPlayback paradigmLanguageAdjacent syllablesHuman speechStatistical learningLearnersWordsSyllablesDifferent soundsAdult learningConsonantsDistant Melodies: Statistical Learning of Nonadjacent Dependencies in Tone Sequences
Creel S, Newport E, Aslin R. Distant Melodies: Statistical Learning of Nonadjacent Dependencies in Tone Sequences. Journal Of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory And Cognition 2004, 30: 1119-1130. PMID: 15355140, DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.30.5.1119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPerception of object trajectories during occlusion constrains statistical learning of visual features
Fiser J, Scholl B, Aslin R. Perception of object trajectories during occlusion constrains statistical learning of visual features. Journal Of Vision 2004, 4: 189-189. DOI: 10.1167/4.8.189.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2002
Statistical learning of new visual feature combinations by infants
Fiser J, Aslin R. Statistical learning of new visual feature combinations by infants. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2002, 99: 15822-15826. PMID: 12429858, PMCID: PMC137800, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.232472899.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-level visual representationsHigh-order visual featuresVisual featuresUnderlying statistical structureVisual feature combinationsAbility of humansComplex visual featuresAssociative learningVisual objectsHabituation paradigmEfficient learning mechanismStatistical learningLearning mechanismMere observationStatistical structureVisual representationStatistical coherenceLearningSceneFeature combinationsRepresentationEarly developmentMore attentionInfantsParadigmStatistical Learning of Higher-Order Temporal Structure From Visual Shape Sequences
Fiser J, Aslin R. Statistical Learning of Higher-Order Temporal Structure From Visual Shape Sequences. Journal Of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory And Cognition 2002, 28: 458-467. PMID: 12018498, DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.28.3.458.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShape sequenceHigher order temporal structureAbility of observersOvert taskAssociative learningPassive viewingExplicit instructionFamiliar shapesStatistical learningTemporal orderSequence of shapesTemporal structureTemporal featuresTemporal eventsFamiliarizationNew temporal featuresParticipantsLearningSuccessive shapesTaskObserverViewingNovel sequencesInstructionMultiple statistics
2001
Statistical Learning in a Serial Reaction Time Task: Access to Separable Statistical Cues by Individual Learners
Hunt R, Aslin R. Statistical Learning in a Serial Reaction Time Task: Access to Separable Statistical Cues by Individual Learners. Journal Of Experimental Psychology General 2001, 130: 658-680. PMID: 11757874, DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.130.4.658.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerial reaction time taskReaction time taskTime taskStatistical learningIndividual learnersImplicit sequence learningArtificial grammar learningStatistical informationUnderlying statistical structureStatistical cuesSequence learningGrammar learningContinuous input streamUnderlying statisticsStatistical structureAdult learnersLearnersRelative predictabilityLearningConditional probabilityProbabilistic informationTaskLearning deviceUnsupervised 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