2009
Statistical learning of adjacent and nonadjacent dependencies among nonlinguistic sounds
Gebhart AL, Newport EL, Aslin RN. Statistical learning of adjacent and nonadjacent dependencies among nonlinguistic sounds. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 2009, 16: 486-490. PMID: 19451373, PMCID: PMC2799498, DOI: 10.3758/pbr.16.3.486.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStatistical learning mechanismsNonlinguistic soundsNonadjacent dependenciesPatterned relationshipsPerceptual similarityNonadjacent elementsSimilarity cuesAdjacent syllablesStatistical learningLearning mechanismSyllablesContinuous streamExtensive exposureAdultsParticipantsCuesContinuous sequenceRelationshipPresent studyLearningPrevious work
2004
Learning at a distance II. Statistical learning of non-adjacent dependencies in a non-human primate
Newport E, Hauser M, Spaepen G, Aslin R. Learning at a distance II. Statistical learning of non-adjacent dependencies in a non-human primate. Cognitive Psychology 2004, 49: 85-117. PMID: 15304368, DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2003.12.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-adjacent regularitiesStatistical regularitiesTamarin monkeysType of languageNon-adjacent syllablesWord-like unitsCotton-top tamarin monkeysNon-adjacent dependenciesNon-adjacent segmentsPredictable relationNon-human primatesLanguage acquisitionFamiliarization methodsHuman learnersPlayback paradigmLanguageAdjacent syllablesHuman speechStatistical learningLearnersWordsSyllablesDifferent soundsAdult learningConsonants