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
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 researchContextLearningCuesCategoriesTaskCategorizationDistributional learning of subcategories in an artificial grammar: Category generalization and subcategory restrictions
Reeder PA, Newport EL, Aslin RN. Distributional learning of subcategories in an artificial grammar: Category generalization and subcategory restrictions. Journal Of Memory And Language 2017, 97: 17-29. PMID: 29456288, PMCID: PMC5810951, DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2017.07.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDistributional cuesCategory acquisitionComplex linguistic structuresDistributional informationDistributional learning mechanismBody of workLanguage acquisitionLinguistic structureLexical itemsDistributional learningSyntactic contextArtificial grammarLearnersAcquisitionGrammarCategory generalizationLearning mechanismContextWorkLearningCuesResearchersRecent interest
2009
How Infants View Natural Scenes Gathered From a Head-Mounted Camera
Aslin RN. How Infants View Natural Scenes Gathered From a Head-Mounted Camera. Optometry And Vision Science 2009, 86: 561-565. PMID: 19417702, PMCID: PMC2748119, DOI: 10.1097/opx.0b013e3181a76e96.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly visual experienceVisual experienceHuman infant developmentHead-mounted cameraVisual worldVisual inputInfant developmentNatural scenesVisual deprivationSocial developmentPreliminary findingsBroad implicationsExperienceLanguageImportant insightsNatural environmentNormal infantsInfantsImplicationsSceneContextFindingsVideo imagesDeprivationSuch studies
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
2007
Perceived object trajectories during occlusion constrain visual statistical learning
Fiser J, Scholl BJ, Aslin RN. Perceived object trajectories during occlusion constrain visual statistical learning. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 2007, 14: 173-178. PMID: 17546749, DOI: 10.3758/bf03194046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual statistical learningStatistical learningLearning phaseDifferential eye movementsPerceptual biasesFamiliarity judgmentsShape pairsEye movementsObject trajectoriesPerceptShape sequenceLearningParticipantsComputational complexityJudgmentsObject transitionsBiasesTrajectoriesSpeed profileBiasObjectsOccluderContextFindings
2003
Two‐C but not two‐V: Segment similarity in learning an artificial lexicon
Creel S, Aslin R, Tanenhaus M. Two‐C but not two‐V: Segment similarity in learning an artificial lexicon. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2003, 114: 2337-2337. DOI: 10.1121/1.4781075.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProbabilistic Constraint Satisfaction at the Lexical/Phonetic Interface: Evidence for Gradient Effects of Within-Category VOT on Lexical Access
McMurray B, Tanenhaus M, Aslin R, Spivey M. Probabilistic Constraint Satisfaction at the Lexical/Phonetic Interface: Evidence for Gradient Effects of Within-Category VOT on Lexical Access. Journal Of Psycholinguistic Research 2003, 32: 77-97. PMID: 12647564, DOI: 10.1023/a:1021937116271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLexical accessSpeech perceptionEye movement paradigmPerceptual systemPerceptual consequencesVOT continuumCategory variationTemporal contextInformation integrationVOTPerceptionProbabilistic constraint satisfactionSuch categoriesMultiple sourcesWordsSatisfactionCorrelatesParadigmInvariant propertiesCategoriesInformationInvarianceContextResearchResearchers
1995
Infants′ Detection of the Sound Patterns of Words in Fluent Speech
Jusczyk P, Aslin R. Infants′ Detection of the Sound Patterns of Words in Fluent Speech. Cognitive Psychology 1995, 29: 1-23. PMID: 7641524, DOI: 10.1006/cogp.1995.1010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTarget wordsFluent speechNon-word targetsDifferent monosyllabic wordsSimilar sounding wordsUnfamiliar wordsSentential contextInfants' capacityPhonetic segmentsMonosyllabic wordsSpeech contextPhonetic featuresExperiment 3Experiment 4Experiment 1Test passagesTest phaseSound patternsFamiliarization periodWordsSpeechMonths of ageAmerican infantsSentencesContext