2011
Adaptation to novel accents by toddlers
White KS, Aslin RN. Adaptation to novel accents by toddlers. Developmental Science 2011, 14: 372-384. PMID: 21479106, PMCID: PMC3071623, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.00986.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWord recognitionPhonological detailPhonetic detailVowel ShiftYoung word learnersAdults' word recognitionDisruption of processingNon-native speakersPresent study exploresWord learnersArtificial accentNovel accentFamiliar wordsVariable pronunciationsSimilar wordsSame vowelYoung toddlersNative languageDifferent dialectsStandard pronunciationCategory shiftToddlersPronunciationMispronunciationsStudy explores
2002
Lexical Neighborhoods and the Word-Form Representations of 14-Month-Olds
Swingley D, Aslin R. Lexical Neighborhoods and the Word-Form Representations of 14-Month-Olds. Psychological Science 2002, 13: 480-484. PMID: 12219818, DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00485.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLexical representationsWord form representationsVisual fixation taskLexical neighborhoodsVocabulary spurtInfants' representationsPerceptual abilitiesWord recognitionDevelopmental psychologyInfant vocabularyMeaningless syllablesWord meaningsPhonetic detailDevelopmental continuityPhonetic distinctionsSimilar wordsFixation taskInaccurate formForces attentionWordsProminent hypothesisVocabularyTaskRepresentationPsychology