2022
Macaques preferentially attend to intermediately surprising information
Wu S, Blanchard T, Meschke E, Aslin RN, Hayden BY, Kidd C. Macaques preferentially attend to intermediately surprising information. Biology Letters 2022, 18: 20220144. PMID: 35857891, PMCID: PMC9256086, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0144.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Methodology for high-yield acquisition of functional near-infrared spectroscopy data from alert, upright infants
Goodwin JR, Cannaday AE, Palmeri HG, Di Costanzo A, Emberson LL, Aslin RN, Berger AJ. Methodology for high-yield acquisition of functional near-infrared spectroscopy data from alert, upright infants. Neurophotonics 2016, 3: 031415-031415. PMID: 27493980, PMCID: PMC4963382, DOI: 10.1117/1.nph.3.3.031415.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAttention of infantsVisual cortex activationData rejection criteriaCognitive scienceBasic research goalCortex activationGood optical contactVisual stimulation paradigmInfant dataStimulation paradigmVisual stimulation protocolAcquisitionTime courseInfantsSpectroscopy researchResearch goalParadigmAdultsAttentionResearchHemodynamic dataConformityResearchers
2014
The Goldilocks Effect in Infant Auditory Attention
Kidd C, Piantadosi ST, Aslin RN. The Goldilocks Effect in Infant Auditory Attention. Child Development 2014, 85: 1795-1804. PMID: 24990627, PMCID: PMC4807134, DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAuditory attentionAttentional selectionInfant attentionCognitive resourcesVisual attentionCognitive domainsStimulus complexityAuditory stimuliImplicit beliefsAcoustic inputBehavioral methodsTheorized mechanismsHuman infantsPrevious researchCapacity limitsTransitional statisticsGoldilocks effectAttentionStimuliInfantsBeliefsBroad principlesSoundPrevious studiesExpectationsRich analysis and rational models: inferring individual behavior from infant looking data
Piantadosi ST, Kidd C, Aslin R. Rich analysis and rational models: inferring individual behavior from infant looking data. Developmental Science 2014, 17: 321-337. PMID: 24750256, PMCID: PMC3996510, DOI: 10.1111/desc.12083.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive modelInfant attentionBayesian data analysis approachStimulus complexityCognitive developmentStudy of infantsDependent measuresModel beliefsStatistical learning modelsIndividual behaviorIndividual infantsProbabilistic expectationsLearning modelBeliefsRational modelAttentionAslinRecent findingsRich analysisAnalytic techniquesStimuliData analysis approachBehaviorAnalysis approachInfants
2012
The Goldilocks Effect: Human Infants Allocate Attention to Visual Sequences That Are Neither Too Simple Nor Too Complex
Kidd C, Piantadosi ST, Aslin RN. The Goldilocks Effect: Human Infants Allocate Attention to Visual Sequences That Are Neither Too Simple Nor Too Complex. PLOS ONE 2012, 7: e36399. PMID: 22649492, PMCID: PMC3359326, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036399.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
1980
Assessment of stereopsis in human infants.
Shea S, Fox R, Aslin R, Dumais S. Assessment of stereopsis in human infants. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 1980, 19: 1400-4. PMID: 7429778.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsForced-choice judgmentsDynamic random-element stereogramsAssessment of stereopsisRandom-element stereogramsVisual attentionChance levelInfant behaviorHuman infantsColor television monitorIndividual infantsStereopsisBinocular anomaliesAge groupsBinocular functionObserver performanceEarly assessmentStereogramsJudgmentsInfantsBehaviorStrong evidenceAttentionPerformanceObserverStereopsis in Human Infants
Fox R, Aslin R, Shea S, Dumais S. Stereopsis in Human Infants. Science 1980, 207: 323-324. PMID: 7350666, DOI: 10.1126/science.7350666.Peer-Reviewed Original Research