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