2021
Bilingualism alters infants’ cortical organization for attentional orienting mechanisms
Arredondo MM, Aslin RN, Werker JF. Bilingualism alters infants’ cortical organization for attentional orienting mechanisms. Developmental Science 2021, 25: e13172. PMID: 34418259, PMCID: PMC11225098, DOI: 10.1111/desc.13172.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain activityFrontal regionsValid trialsNon-linguistic cognitive functionsAttentional orienting mechanismsGreater brain activityEarly language experienceCortical organizationHigher cognitive functionsBilateral frontal regionsInvalid trialsAttention taskLanguage experienceOrienting mechanismTask performanceGreater activityBilingual environmentCognitive functionInfant brainNeural activityBrain structuresParent reportingMonolingualsBilingualsBilingualism
2019
Young children combine sensory cues with learned information in a statistically efficient manner: But task complexity matters
Bejjanki VR, Randrup ER, Aslin RN. Young children combine sensory cues with learned information in a statistically efficient manner: But task complexity matters. Developmental Science 2019, 23: e12912. PMID: 31608526, PMCID: PMC7153990, DOI: 10.1111/desc.12912.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBayes-optimal fashionSensory cuesCognitive abilitiesSensory informationTask complexity mattersGeneral cognitive abilityUncertain sensory informationYoung children's abilityAvailable sensory cuesYoung children's behaviorYoung childrenEnvironmental regularitiesSensory uncertaintyChildren's abilityTask performanceTask complexityChild behaviorComplexity mattersAdult mannerCuesHuman adultsPrevious researchSuch regularitiesChildrenAdults