2022
Top-down sensory prediction in the infant brain at 6 months is correlated with language development at 12 and 18 months
Wang S, Zhang X, Hong T, Tzeng OJL, Aslin R. Top-down sensory prediction in the infant brain at 6 months is correlated with language development at 12 and 18 months. Brain And Language 2022, 230: 105129. PMID: 35576737, DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2022.105129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMacArthur-Bates Communicative Development InventoriesLanguage developmentSensory predictionsVocabulary scoresVocabulary developmentVisual stimuliOccipital cortex activationCommunicative Development InventoryInfant language developmentExpressive vocabulary scoresInfants' vocabulary developmentNeural levelUnexpected omissionAuditory stimuliDevelopment InventoryNeural responsesCortex activationInfant brainNeural signalsPrevious researchStimuliSignificant positive correlationRobust supportMonthsScores
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 workFNIRSExpectationsContextBrainParadigmRepetitionProcessingInfancyClassifying 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
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 experienceExperienceDeficits in Top-Down Sensory Prediction in Infants At Risk due to Premature Birth
Emberson LL, Boldin AM, Riccio JE, Guillet R, Aslin RN. Deficits in Top-Down Sensory Prediction in Infants At Risk due to Premature Birth. Current Biology 2017, 27: 431-436. PMID: 28132814, PMCID: PMC5508567, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.12.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSensory predictionsVisual stimuliNeural responsesNeuro-cognitive impairmentPoor developmental outcomesNeural signaturesDevelopmental delayDevelopmental trajectoriesPattern violationsPreterm infantsInfants experienceNeuro-biomarkersDevelopmental outcomesBehavioral controlTheoretical viewsDeficitsPreterm infants experienceStimuliMedical complicationsPremature birthCommon causeIntervention regimensEarly identificationInfantsDevelopmental disturbancesCue Integration for Continuous and Categorical Dimensions by Synesthetes
Bankieris KR, Bejjanki VR, Aslin RN. Cue Integration for Continuous and Categorical Dimensions by Synesthetes. Multisensory Research 2017, 30: 207-234. PMID: 31287069, DOI: 10.1163/22134808-00002559.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSensory integrationCognitive stimuliCategorical dimensionsMultisensory integration processesGrapheme-color synesthetesSensory integration processesPresent mixed resultsMultisensory illusionsUnimodal stimuliCue integrationSynesthetesNormal sensory integrationSensory cuesIdeal observerParticular colorHuman behaviorMultiple stimuliStimuliIntegration behaviorBayesian principlesCuesMixed resultsIntegration mechanismsIntegration processIllusion
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
2015
Rapid Attentional Selection of Non-native Stimuli despite Perceptual Narrowing
Wu R, Nako R, Band J, Pizzuto J, Ghoreishi Y, Scerif G, Aslin R. Rapid Attentional Selection of Non-native Stimuli despite Perceptual Narrowing. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2015, 27: 2299-2307. PMID: 26244720, PMCID: PMC5797693, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00857.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-native stimuliEarly attentional selectionAttentional templatesAttentional selectionPerceptual narrowingVisual search taskN2pc componentERP markersERP resultsResponse selectionInfrequent stimuliBehavioral performanceRelevant stimuliMsec poststimulusBehavioral measuresSearch taskVisual experienceSearch templateDevelopmental progressionLevel judgmentsStimuliSpecific itemsExemplarsPrevious experienceN2pc
2014
Learning bundles of stimuli renders stimulus order as a cue, not a confound
Qian T, Aslin RN. Learning bundles of stimuli renders stimulus order as a cue, not a confound. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2014, 111: 14400-14405. PMID: 25246587, PMCID: PMC4210001, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1416109111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStimulus orderCognitive phenomenaTask domainTask environmentConsecutive stimuliInfluence behaviorImportant cueCuesCognitionPrevious accountsNormative theoryStimuliBasketball gamesLatent clustersExplanatory powerUnderlying structureConfoundsPerceptionBundle representationsBehaviorPeopleGameRepresentationPerspectiveTheoryThe Goldilocks Effect in Infant Auditory Attention
Kidd C, Piantadosi ST, Aslin RN. The Goldilocks Effect in Infant Auditory Attention. Child Development 2014, 85: 1795-1804. PMID: 24990627, PMCID: PMC4807134, DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAuditory attentionAttentional selectionInfant attentionCognitive resourcesVisual attentionCognitive domainsStimulus complexityAuditory stimuliImplicit beliefsAcoustic inputBehavioral methodsTheorized mechanismsHuman infantsPrevious researchCapacity limitsTransitional statisticsGoldilocks effectAttentionStimuliInfantsBeliefsBroad principlesSoundPrevious studiesExpectationsRich analysis and rational models: inferring individual behavior from infant looking data
Piantadosi ST, Kidd C, Aslin R. Rich analysis and rational models: inferring individual behavior from infant looking data. Developmental Science 2014, 17: 321-337. PMID: 24750256, PMCID: PMC3996510, DOI: 10.1111/desc.12083.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive modelInfant attentionBayesian data analysis approachStimulus complexityCognitive developmentStudy of infantsDependent measuresModel beliefsStatistical learning modelsIndividual behaviorIndividual infantsProbabilistic expectationsLearning modelBeliefsRational modelAttentionAslinRecent findingsRich analysisAnalytic techniquesStimuliData analysis approachBehaviorAnalysis approachInfants
2013
Searching for Something Familiar or Novel: Top–Down Attentional Selection of Specific Items or Object Categories
Wu R, Scerif G, Aslin RN, Smith TJ, Nako R, Eimer M. Searching for Something Familiar or Novel: Top–Down Attentional Selection of Specific Items or Object Categories. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2013, 25: 719-729. PMID: 23281777, PMCID: PMC3804645, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00352.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObject categoriesAttentional target selectionTarget-defining featureCategory-based searchVisual search experimentsAttentional templatesAttentional controlAttentional selectionN2pc componentAttentional guidanceCategory learningPrime stimuliVisual searchNovel contextCategory searchItem levelN2pcCategory levelSearch experimentsSpecific itemsTarget selectionFamiliarStimuliPrimesLearning
2006
Acquiring an artificial lexicon: Segment type and order information in early lexical entries
Creel S, Aslin R, Tanenhaus M. Acquiring an artificial lexicon: Segment type and order information in early lexical entries. Journal Of Memory And Language 2006, 54: 1-19. DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2005.09.003.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2004
Automated Corneal‐Reflection Eye Tracking in Infancy: Methodological Developments and Applications to Cognition
Aslin R, McMurray B. Automated Corneal‐Reflection Eye Tracking in Infancy: Methodological Developments and Applications to Cognition. Infancy 2004, 6: 155-163. PMID: 33430532, DOI: 10.1207/s15327078in0602_1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDirection of gazeVisual stimuliPeripheral visual fieldExperimental psychologistsOculomotor measuresEye trackingVisual behaviorVisual informationEye movementsVisual fieldCognitionGazeStimuliPsychologistsGeneral rationalePerceptionSimilar questionsAdultsStrong presumptionInfantsMethodological developmentsInfancyInformationMeasuresBiasAnticipatory Eye Movements Reveal Infants' Auditory and Visual Categories
McMurray B, Aslin R. Anticipatory Eye Movements Reveal Infants' Auditory and Visual Categories. Infancy 2004, 6: 203-229. PMID: 33430530, DOI: 10.1207/s15327078in0602_4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnticipatory eye movementsStimulus dimensionsVisual categoriesNovel stimuliEye movementsEye movement responsesDiscriminative responseGeneralization trialsVisual reinforcerSpatial locationIndividual infantsStimuliTraining phaseAuditoryParadigmCuesInfantsReinforcersCategorizationTrainingDimensionsCategoriesMovementIdentityNew paradigm
1995
Assessment of vernier acuity development using the “Equivalent Intrinsic Blur” paradigm
Skoczenski A, Aslin R. Assessment of vernier acuity development using the “Equivalent Intrinsic Blur” paradigm. Vision Research 1995, 35: 1879-1887. PMID: 7660594, DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(94)00280-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMonths of ageVernier acuityFirst postnatal yearEquivalent intrinsic blurAcuity developmentExpt 1AcuityAdult thresholdPostnatal yearAdult levelsInfantsIntrinsic blurHuman infantsAdultsMonthsVernier acuity taskLuminance contrastAcuity taskSame luminance contrastAgePresence of levelsAdulthoodStimuliBlurred conditionDevelopmental differencesThree- and four-year-olds’ perceptual confusions for spoken words
Gerken L, Murphy W, Aslin R. Three- and four-year-olds’ perceptual confusions for spoken words. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics 1995, 57: 475-486. PMID: 7596745, DOI: 10.3758/bf03213073.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLexical representationsFeatural overlapHolistic hypothesisSpoken-word recognitionAcoustic-phonetic propertiesMinimal word pairsYoung childrenReason young childrenNonword stimuliSpeech contrastsTarget wordsWord recognitionMental lexiconWord pairsPhonetic segmentsAuditory stimuliSpoken wordsPerceptual confusionWord positionPhonetic featuresTest stimuliStimuliSingle featureChildrenWords
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
1984
Infant discrimination of two- and five-formant voiced stop consonants differing in place of articulation.
Walley A, Pisoni D, Aslin R. Infant discrimination of two- and five-formant voiced stop consonants differing in place of articulation. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1984, 75: 581-9. PMID: 6699297, PMCID: PMC3514865, DOI: 10.1121/1.390531.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlace of articulationOnset spectrumHead-turning paradigmRecent theoretical accountsFormant transition informationDiscrimination of placeTwo-formant stimuliAdditional acoustic informationInfants' discriminationArticulation perceptionArticulation contrastsDiscrimination taskFormant transitionsTheoretical accountsStop consonantsArticulation differencesAcoustic informationStimuliInnate cuesYoung infantsCuesTransition informationTransition differencesBurst stimuliDiscrimination
1980
Infants' discrimination of full and partial cues to place of articulation in stop consonants
Aslin R, Walley A. Infants' discrimination of full and partial cues to place of articulation in stop consonants. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1980, 68: s10-s11. DOI: 10.1121/1.2004546.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTwo-formant stimuliPlace of articulationInfants' discriminationOnset spectrumHead-turning paradigmPrelinguistic infantsInfants' abilityPartial cuesCV stimuliFormant transitionsStimulus onsetSecondary cuesStop consonantsCV syllablesMonth old infantsConsonant articulationInvariant informationCuesStimuliOlder infantsConsonantsDiscriminationArticulationSyllablesBlumstein