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 evidenceLearningReadingProcessingUsing an Artificial Lexicon and Eye Movements to Examine the Development and Microstructure of Lexical Dynamics
Magnuson J, Dahan D, Allopenna P, Tanenhaus M, Aslin R. Using an Artificial Lexicon and Eye Movements to Examine the Development and Microstructure of Lexical Dynamics. 2022, 651-656. DOI: 10.4324/9781315782416-121.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Expectation affects neural repetition suppression in infancy
Emberson LL, Boldin AM, Robertson CE, Cannon G, Aslin RN. Expectation affects neural repetition suppression in infancy. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2018, 37: 100597. PMID: 30473471, PMCID: PMC6918478, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2018.11.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfants' neural responsesRepetition suppressionNeural responsesInfant brainNeural repetition suppressionAuditory repetition suppressionControl conditionSame stimulus resultsPredictive processingAuditory stimuliStimulus presentationNeural activationNeural phenomenaPredictive codingStimuli resultsStimuliRecent workFNIRSExpectationsContextBrainParadigmRepetitionProcessingInfancy
2008
Immediate effects of form-class constraints on spoken word recognition
Magnuson JS, Tanenhaus MK, Aslin RN. Immediate effects of form-class constraints on spoken word recognition. Cognition 2008, 108: 866-873. PMID: 18675408, PMCID: PMC2567831, DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2008.06.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWord recognitionPrevious findingsArtificial lexiconCognitive processingLexical accessSyntactic expectationsPredictive contextVisual informationContext integrationForm classImmediate integrationSyntactic categoriesWeak contextConceptual relationsWordsPragmatic constraintsStrong supportContextRecognitionNounsLexiconImmediate effectsFindingsAdjectivesProcessing
2005
Near-infrared spectroscopy for functional studies of brain activity in human infants: promise, prospects, and challenges
Aslin RN, Mehler J. Near-infrared spectroscopy for functional studies of brain activity in human infants: promise, prospects, and challenges. Journal Of Biomedical Optics 2005, 10: 011009-0110093. PMID: 15847575, DOI: 10.1117/1.1854672.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Lexical effects on compensation for coarticulation: the ghost of Christmash past
Magnuson J, McMurray B, Tanenhaus M, Aslin R. Lexical effects on compensation for coarticulation: the ghost of Christmash past. Cognitive Science 2003, 27: 285-298. DOI: 10.1016/s0364-0213(03)00004-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLexical effectsAmbiguous phonemesPhonemic processingPhoneme perceptionLexical biasesPhonemic representationsProbability biasesTransitional probabilitiesLanguage processingPerceptionPhonemesRecognition systemBiasesFeedforward systemsProcessingCognitionMcClellandCoarticulationFeedbackElmanRepresentationExplanationLexical effects on compensation for coarticulation: the ghost of Christmash past
Magnuson J, McMurray B, Tanenhaus M, Aslin R. Lexical effects on compensation for coarticulation: the ghost of Christmash past. Cognitive Science 2003, 27: 285-298. DOI: 10.1207/s15516709cog2702_6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLexical effectsAmbiguous phonemesPhonemic processingPhoneme perceptionLexical biasesPhonemic representationsProbability biasesTransitional probabilitiesLanguage processingPerceptionPhonemesRecognition systemBiasesFeedforward systemsProcessingCognitionMcClellandCoarticulationFeedbackElmanRepresentationExplanation
1990
Children's discrimination of phonologically similar items
Murphy W, Gerken L, Cooper R, Aslin R. Children's discrimination of phonologically similar items. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1990, 87: s73-s73. DOI: 10.1121/1.2028350.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcoustic-phonetic segmentsDissimilar itemsTarget wordsSimilar itemsReaction time procedureWord neighborhoodsChildren's discriminationCorrect responsesYoung childrenHigh false alarm rateLine processingItemsChildrenWordsAdultsDiscriminationTime procedureFalse alarm rateFalse alarmsOldsProcessingAlarm rateRT