2011
Prosody guides the rapid mapping of auditory word forms onto visual objects in 6-mo-old infants
Shukla M, White KS, Aslin RN. Prosody guides the rapid mapping of auditory word forms onto visual objects in 6-mo-old infants. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2011, 108: 6038-6043. PMID: 21444800, PMCID: PMC3076873, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1017617108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAuditory word formsProsodic phrase boundariesWord formsPhrase boundariesContinuous speechWord learning processWord-like unitsMore naturalistic conditionsVisual referentsVisual objectsLanguage inputSuccessful learningSpeech inputNative languageNaturalistic conditionsHuman infantsLearner expectationsLearning processSpeechReferential roleLearningParsingComplex contextProsodyExpectationsAdaptation to novel accents by toddlers
White KS, Aslin RN. Adaptation to novel accents by toddlers. Developmental Science 2011, 14: 372-384. PMID: 21479106, PMCID: PMC3071623, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.00986.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWord recognitionPhonological detailPhonetic detailVowel ShiftYoung word learnersAdults' word recognitionDisruption of processingNon-native speakersPresent study exploresWord learnersArtificial accentNovel accentFamiliar wordsVariable pronunciationsSimilar wordsSame vowelYoung toddlersNative languageDifferent dialectsStandard pronunciationCategory shiftToddlersPronunciationMispronunciationsStudy explores
2009
Statistical 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
Statistical phonetic learning in infants: facilitation and feature generalization
Maye J, Weiss DJ, Aslin RN. Statistical phonetic learning in infants: facilitation and feature generalization. Developmental Science 2007, 11: 122-134. PMID: 18171374, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00653.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhonetic inputNon-native speech contrastsInfant speech perceptionSame phonetic featureSpeech contrastsPhonetic learningDifficult contrastsPhonetic contrastsSpeech perceptionPhonetic informationFeatural representationPhonetic featuresPhonetic systemNative languageBimodal statistical distributionForeign languageDiscrimination patternsInput languageListenersLanguageFeature generalizationProcess of enhancementStatistical accountDiscriminationWerker
2006
Return of the weckud wetch: Rapid adaptation to a new accent
Bardhan N, Aslin R, Tanenhaus M. Return of the weckud wetch: Rapid adaptation to a new accent. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2006, 119: 3423-3423. DOI: 10.1121/1.4786853.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNew accentsVowel spaceLexical decision taskEye-tracking measuresEffect of generalizationLexical adaptationOnly brief exposureDialect influencesNative languageLexical itemsUntrained wordsLexical accessWord recognitionDecision taskVisual arrayVisual referentsObject namesMatching taskFront vowelsTask subjectsBack vowelsVowelsAccentListenersWords