2022
Predictive brain signals mediate association between shared reading and expressive vocabulary in infants
Wang S, Tzeng O, Aslin R. Predictive brain signals mediate association between shared reading and expressive vocabulary in infants. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0272438. PMID: 35921370, PMCID: PMC9348734, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExpressive vocabularyShared reading experiencesReading experienceBrain signalsExpressive vocabulary acquisitionEfficient language processingFurther mediation analysisUnique varianceUpcoming informationVocabulary acquisitionLanguage learningMediation analysisInfant brainLanguage processingVocabularyPredictive signalsMaternal educationOccipital lobeExperiencePresent studyTaskFirst evidenceLearningReadingProcessing
2021
Towards a model of language neurobiology in early development
Sanchez-Alonso S, Aslin RN. Towards a model of language neurobiology in early development. Brain And Language 2021, 224: 105047. PMID: 34894429, DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2021.105047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLanguage outcomesTrait-like patternsLanguage learning mechanismsNeural measuresInfants' sensitivityCognitive domainsRecent behavioralIndividual differencesMaturational constraintsNeural patternsLanguage networkValid paradigmBehavioral measuresLanguage learningFuture methodological approachesLearning mechanismNeural plasticitySubject differencesNeurobiologyClinical interventionsEarly childhoodDevelopmental patternsEarly developmentAnalytic approachMeasures
2017
The Effect of Zipfian Frequency Variations on Category Formation in Adult Artificial Language Learning
Schuler KD, Reeder PA, Newport EL, Aslin RN. The Effect of Zipfian Frequency Variations on Category Formation in Adult Artificial Language Learning. Language Learning And Development 2017, 13: 357-374. PMID: 30405323, PMCID: PMC6217973, DOI: 10.1080/15475441.2016.1263571.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArtificial languageGrammatical categoriesNatural languageArtificial language learningDistributional informationLanguage learningHuman learnersDistributional learningIndividual wordsDistributional contextsFrequent wordsCategory formationLanguageCategory structureZipfian distributionWordsLearnersCertain contextsRecent researchContextLearningCuesCategoriesTaskCategorization