2017
How Visual is Visual Prediction?
Emberson L, Rizzieri A, Aslin R. How Visual is Visual Prediction? Infancy 2017, 22: 748-761. DOI: 10.1111/infa.12188.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVisual predictionNeural predictionVisual stimuliDegraded visual stimuliPredictive auditory cuesRobust novelty preferenceAdditional visual experiencesVisual familiarityVisual system activityAuditory cuesUncertain stimuliNovelty preferenceVisual perceptionAmbiguous conditionsExperiment 3Experiment 1Experiment 2Visual experienceBehavioral methodsVisual stimulationFuture behaviorStimuliPerceptionRecent experienceExperience
2016
Using fNIRS to examine occipital and temporal responses to stimulus repetition in young infants: Evidence of selective frontal cortex involvement
Emberson LL, Cannon G, Palmeri H, Richards JE, Aslin RN. Using fNIRS to examine occipital and temporal responses to stimulus repetition in young infants: Evidence of selective frontal cortex involvement. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2016, 23: 26-38. PMID: 28012401, PMCID: PMC5253300, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2016.11.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRepetition suppressionPerceptual corticesAuditory repetition suppressionFrontal cortexAuditory stimuliStimulus repetitionExperiment 1Experiment 2Cortex involvementInfant brainTemporal cortexFrontal lobeAdult brainYoung infantsCortexRepetitionRecent experienceBrainFNIRSExperienceStimuliFirst evidenceSuggestive evidenceInfantsEvidence
2008
Gradient Sensitivity to Within-Category Variation in Words and Syllables
McMurray B, Aslin RN, Tanenhaus MK, Spivey MJ, Subik D. Gradient Sensitivity to Within-Category Variation in Words and Syllables. Journal Of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance 2008, 34: 1609-1631. PMID: 19045996, PMCID: PMC3011988, DOI: 10.1037/a0011747.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVoice onset time continuumLexical identification taskAcoustic-phonetic informationLexical competitorsWord recognitionCategory boundariesIdentification taskNatural speechResponse alternativesExperiment 1Experiment 2Acoustic variabilitySynthetic speechEye movementsSpeech signalTime continuumSpeechVOTTaskTypes of tokensPhonemesListenersSyllablesConsonantsPerception