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