2018
Classifying the mental representation of word meaning in children with Multivariate Pattern Analysis of fNIRS
Gemignani J, Bayet L, Kabdebon C, Blankertz B, Pugh K, Aslin R. Classifying the mental representation of word meaning in children with Multivariate Pattern Analysis of fNIRS. Annual International Conference Of The IEEE Engineering In Medicine And Biology Society (EMBC) 2018, 00: 295-298. PMID: 30440396, DOI: 10.1109/embc.2018.8512209.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Prosody guides the rapid mapping of auditory word forms onto visual objects in 6-mo-old infants
Shukla M, White KS, Aslin RN. Prosody guides the rapid mapping of auditory word forms onto visual objects in 6-mo-old infants. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2011, 108: 6038-6043. PMID: 21444800, PMCID: PMC3076873, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1017617108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAuditory word formsProsodic phrase boundariesWord formsPhrase boundariesContinuous speechWord learning processWord-like unitsMore naturalistic conditionsVisual referentsVisual objectsLanguage inputSuccessful learningSpeech inputNative languageNaturalistic conditionsHuman infantsLearner expectationsLearning processSpeechReferential roleLearningParsingComplex contextProsodyExpectations
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 tokensPhonemesListenersSyllablesConsonantsPerceptionVisual speech contributes to phonetic learning in 6-month-old infants
Teinonen T, Aslin RN, Alku P, Csibra G. Visual speech contributes to phonetic learning in 6-month-old infants. Cognition 2008, 108: 850-855. PMID: 18590910, DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2008.05.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual speechPhoneme discriminationVisual articulationPhonetic category learningPhonetic learningAuditory tokensCategory learningFacial displaysPreference procedureLanguage developmentSame syllablePhoneme boundariesSpeech articulationVisual informationSpeechVowel articulationPrevious researchGroups of infantsLearningUnimodal frequency distributionsParticular infantArticulationDiscriminationSyllablesTokensPerception of speech reflects optimal use of probabilistic speech cues
Clayards M, Tanenhaus MK, Aslin RN, Jacobs RA. Perception of speech reflects optimal use of probabilistic speech cues. Cognition 2008, 108: 804-809. PMID: 18582855, PMCID: PMC2582186, DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2008.04.004.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2006
Consequences of Lexical Stress on Learning an Artificial Lexicon
Creel SC, Tanenhaus MK, Aslin RN. Consequences of Lexical Stress on Learning an Artificial Lexicon. Journal Of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory And Cognition 2006, 32: 15-32. PMID: 16478337, DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.32.1.15.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
Infants are sensitive to within-category variation in speech perception
McMurray B, Aslin R. Infants are sensitive to within-category variation in speech perception. Cognition 2005, 95: b15-b26. PMID: 15694642, DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2004.07.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpeech perceptionCategory variationHead-turn preference procedureRepetition of wordsPhonetic categoriesInfants' sensitivityPreference procedureCategory detailPrevious researchPerceptionSame categoryAdultsSystematic sensitivityPhonemesListenersTokensConsonantsSpeechRecent evidenceVOTWordsInfantsRecent workRepetitionCategories
2004
Young children’s sensitivity to probabilistic phonotactics in the developing lexicon
Coady J, Aslin R. Young children’s sensitivity to probabilistic phonotactics in the developing lexicon. Journal Of Experimental Child Psychology 2004, 89: 183-213. PMID: 15501451, PMCID: PMC5531272, DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2004.07.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIndividual phonetic segmentsChildren's sensitivityPhonetic segmentsNonword repetition taskAcoustic-phonetic informationYoung children's sensitivityYoung childrenGroup of childrenEase of articulationProbabilistic phonotacticsLexical representationsRepetition taskLexical variablesPhoneme frequencyPhonotactic structureSound structureNonwordsAmerican EnglishOlder childrenChildrenLexiconAcoustic natureLarger unitsPhonotacticsSpeech
2001
Segmentation of the speech stream in a non-human primate: statistical learning in cotton-top tamarins
Hauser M, Newport E, Aslin R. Segmentation of the speech stream in a non-human primate: statistical learning in cotton-top tamarins. Cognition 2001, 78: b53-b64. PMID: 11124355, DOI: 10.1016/s0010-0277(00)00132-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpeech streamStream of speechSequences of syllablesNon-human primatesCotton-top tamarinsPrimates' abilitySerial orderPotential wordsSyllable sequencesStatistical learningHuman infantsSequential statisticsHuman adultsLearningAslinParticular aspectsSyllablesSaffranAbilitySpeechFuture workWordsTaskInput streamHumans
1999
Statistical learning of tone sequences by human infants and adults
Saffran J, Johnson E, Aslin R, Newport E. Statistical learning of tone sequences by human infants and adults. Cognition 1999, 70: 27-52. PMID: 10193055, DOI: 10.1016/s0010-0277(98)00075-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWord boundary cuesStatistical learning abilityNon-linguistic stimuliAuditory sequencesTone streamsTone sequencesBoundary cuesTone wordsLanguage learnersLinguistic materialSyllable sequencesSyllable streamsWord segmentationContinuous speechStatistical learningHuman infantsLearning mechanismLearning abilityPrevious researchPresent researchLearnersWordsAdultsCuesSpeech
1998
Computation of Conditional Probability Statistics by 8-Month-Old Infants
Aslin R, Saffran J, Newport E. Computation of Conditional Probability Statistics by 8-Month-Old Infants. Psychological Science 1998, 9: 321-324. DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransitional probabilitiesTrisyllabic nonsense wordsPowerful learning mechanismWord segmentation taskConditional probability statisticsNonsense wordsProsodic cuesSpeech syllablesTest wordsContinuous streamFluent speechWord boundariesSyllable pairsContinuous speechInfants' responsesLearning mechanismListening experienceLanguage corporaWordsOlder infantsSpeechSyllablesCorpusCuesPresent study
1997
Incidental Language Learning: Listening (and Learning) Out of the Corner of Your Ear
Saffran J, Newport E, Aslin R, Tunick R, Barrueco S. Incidental Language Learning: Listening (and Learning) Out of the Corner of Your Ear. Psychological Science 1997, 8: 101-105. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1997.tb00690.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLanguage-learning taskStatistical learning mechanismsFirst-grade childrenLanguage acquisitionArtificial languageCover taskWord boundariesOnly cueWord segmentationContinuous speechTransitional probabilitiesLearning mechanismLanguageChildrenTaskAdultsComputer illustrationsSyllablesCuesSpeechWordsCrucial componentAcquisitionSubjectsIllustration
1996
Statistical Learning by 8-Month-Old Infants
Saffran J, Aslin R, Newport E. Statistical Learning by 8-Month-Old Infants. Science 1996, 274: 1926-1928. PMID: 8943209, DOI: 10.1126/science.274.5294.1926.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLanguage acquisitionStatistical learningExperience-independent mechanismsSegmentation of wordsExperience-dependent mechanismsLanguage inputWord segmentationFluent speechMost theoristsOlder infantsSpeechLearningLearnersWordsAcquisitionTheoristsPowerful mechanismPresent studyTaskFundamental taskInfantsTypes of mechanisms
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
1994
Developmental Differences in Infant Attention to the Spectral Properties of Infant‐directed Speech
Cooper R, Aslin R. Developmental Differences in Infant Attention to the Spectral Properties of Infant‐directed Speech. Child Development 1994, 65: 1663-1677. PMID: 7859548, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1994.tb00841.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsID speechExaggerated pitch contoursSine-wave analogsPitch contourAdult-directed speechInfant-directed speechInfant attentionAD speechPrepotent stimulusCommunicative signalsPerceptual acuityPreference procedureDevelopmental differencesNatural recordingsProsodic featuresAcoustic featuresFourth experimentSpeechPitch characteristicsOlder infantsThird experimentYoung infantsInteractive experienceMonths of ageFundamental frequency
1990
Preference for Infant‐directed Speech in the First Month after Birth
Cooper R, Aslin R. Preference for Infant‐directed Speech in the First Month after Birth. Child Development 1990, 61: 1584-1595. PMID: 2245748, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1990.tb02885.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfant-directed speechAD speechAdult-directed speechPrenatal auditory experienceYoung infantsID speechSpeech preferenceInfants' preferenceVisual stimuliSpeech processingAuditory experienceTask variablesExperiment 1Prosodic featuresPostnatal experienceSpeechBehavioral preferencesOlder infantsPreferencesExperienceInfantsFirst monthStimuliSignificant differencesPossible role
1989
The Language Environment of the Young Infant: Implications for Early Perceptual Development*
Cooper R, Aslin R. The Language Environment of the Young Infant: Implications for Early Perceptual Development*. Canadian Journal Of Psychology/Revue Canadienne De Psychologie 1989, 43: 247-265. PMID: 2486498, DOI: 10.1037/h0084216.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly auditory experienceAuditory experienceAuditory preferenceYoung infantsEarly perceptual developmentLater language developmentEarly language processingYoung infants' useFormation of preferencesPerceptual developmentInfant attentionAuditory eventsAuditory informationLanguage developmentInfants' useLanguage environmentLanguage processingRecent researchExperiencePotential implicationsImplicationsAttentionSpeechPreferencesSaliency
1977
Perceptual analysis of speech sounds by prelinguistic infants: A first report
Aslin R, Perey A, Hennesy E, Pisoni D. Perceptual analysis of speech sounds by prelinguistic infants: A first report. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1977, 62: s99-s99. DOI: 10.1121/1.2016490.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpeech perception abilitiesSpeech soundsPerception abilityNovel speech soundsHead-turning paradigmEarly environmental experiencesHead-turning responsePerceptual constancyPrelinguistic infantsVisual stimuliDiscrimination trainingPerceptual analysisTraining stimulusEnvironmental experiencesConditioning phaseStimuliTransfer phaseYoung infantsSoundFeature analysisSpeechInfantsAbilityParadigmTraining