2022
Macaques preferentially attend to intermediately surprising information
Wu S, Blanchard T, Meschke E, Aslin RN, Hayden BY, Kidd C. Macaques preferentially attend to intermediately surprising information. Biology Letters 2022, 18: 20220144. PMID: 35857891, PMCID: PMC9256086, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0144.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe power of rhythms: how steady-state evoked responses reveal early neurocognitive development
Kabdebon C, Fló A, de Heering A, Aslin R. The power of rhythms: how steady-state evoked responses reveal early neurocognitive development. NeuroImage 2022, 254: 119150. PMID: 35351649, PMCID: PMC9294992, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119150.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAttentional orienting abilities in bilinguals: Evidence from a large infant sample
Arredondo MM, Aslin RN, Zhang M, Werker JF. Attentional orienting abilities in bilinguals: Evidence from a large infant sample. Infant Behavior And Development 2022, 66: 101683. PMID: 34999429, PMCID: PMC8842846, DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2021.101683.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAttentionHumansInfantLanguageLanguage DevelopmentMultilingualismReproducibility of ResultsConceptsBilingual cognitive advantageOrienting of attentionSignificant developmental gainsHigher cognitive functionsBilingual infantsOrienting tasksCognitive advantagesInfants' performanceCognitive developmentDevelopmental gainsInfluence infantsBilingual environmentLongitudinal subsetLarge sampleCurrent studyInfant samplesOrientingBilingualsInconclusive evidenceTaskSmall samplesInfantsPerformanceEvidenceKey questions
2021
Bilingualism alters infants’ cortical organization for attentional orienting mechanisms
Arredondo MM, Aslin RN, Werker JF. Bilingualism alters infants’ cortical organization for attentional orienting mechanisms. Developmental Science 2021, 25: e13172. PMID: 34418259, PMCID: PMC11225098, DOI: 10.1111/desc.13172.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain activityFrontal regionsValid trialsNon-linguistic cognitive functionsAttentional orienting mechanismsGreater brain activityEarly language experienceCortical organizationHigher cognitive functionsBilateral frontal regionsInvalid trialsAttention taskLanguage experienceOrienting mechanismTask performanceGreater activityBilingual environmentCognitive functionInfant brainNeural activityBrain structuresParent reportingMonolingualsBilingualsBilingualismCues to gender and racial identity reduce creativity in diverse social networks
Baten RA, Aslin RN, Ghoshal G, Hoque E. Cues to gender and racial identity reduce creativity in diverse social networks. Scientific Reports 2021, 11: 10261. PMID: 33986339, PMCID: PMC8119436, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89498-5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Dynamics of neural representations when searching for exemplars and categories of human and non-human faces
Bayet L, Zinszer B, Pruitt Z, Aslin RN, Wu R. Dynamics of neural representations when searching for exemplars and categories of human and non-human faces. Scientific Reports 2018, 8: 13277. PMID: 30185919, PMCID: PMC6125483, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-31526-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-human facesHuman faceNeural representationTime-resolved multivariate pattern analysisFace perception abilitiesTraditional ERP analysisIndividual human facesMultivariate pattern analysisVisual search studiesNature of representationAttentional selectionERP analysisPerception abilityCategory representationsNeural patternsCategories of humanVisual searchExemplar representationsNeural responsesTarget itemsCategory targetsIndividual faceSearch studiesHuman adultsBehavioral effectsEmergence of the benefits and costs of grouping for visual search
Wu R, McGee B, Rubenstein M, Pruitt Z, Cheung OS, Aslin RN. Emergence of the benefits and costs of grouping for visual search. Psychophysiology 2018, 55: e13087. PMID: 29663415, PMCID: PMC6113073, DOI: 10.1111/psyp.13087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual searchTraining conditionsVisual search efficiencyAttentional selectionNeural responsesExplicit instructionTarget viewPlanned comparisonsRelated itemsSame objectInteraction effectsPretestObjectsDifferent viewsSearch efficiencyPosttestPresent studyParticipantsInstructionItemsViewANOVABenefits
2017
Nature and origins of the lexicon in 6-mo-olds
Bergelson E, Aslin RN. Nature and origins of the lexicon in 6-mo-olds. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2017, 114: 12916-12921. PMID: 29158399, PMCID: PMC5724273, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1712966114.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
The 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
Infants' goal anticipation during failed and successful reaching actions
Brandone AC, Horwitz SR, Aslin RN, Wellman HM. Infants' goal anticipation during failed and successful reaching actions. Developmental Science 2013, 17: 23-34. PMID: 24112439, PMCID: PMC3867601, DOI: 10.1111/desc.12095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSearching 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
2012
The Goldilocks Effect: Human Infants Allocate Attention to Visual Sequences That Are Neither Too Simple Nor Too Complex
Kidd C, Piantadosi ST, Aslin RN. The Goldilocks Effect: Human Infants Allocate Attention to Visual Sequences That Are Neither Too Simple Nor Too Complex. PLOS ONE 2012, 7: e36399. PMID: 22649492, PMCID: PMC3359326, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036399.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Right Hemisphere Dominance in Visual Statistical Learning
Roser ME, Fiser J, Aslin RN, Gazzaniga MS. Right Hemisphere Dominance in Visual Statistical Learning. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2011, 23: 1088-1099. PMID: 20433243, PMCID: PMC3003769, DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2010.21508.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSplit-brain patientsLeft visual fieldVisual fieldControl participantsStatistical learningHemisphere advantageFMRI activation patternsNormal control participantsVisual statistical learningLeft hemisphere advantageRight hemisphere advantageVisual feature combinationsUnsupervised statistical learningVisuospatial integrationRight hemisphereActivation patternsImplicit learningPairs of shapesVisuospatial processingTest displayNew visual featuresPatientsHemispheric asymmetryVisual featuresConceptual knowledge
2009
Statistical learning of adjacent and nonadjacent dependencies among nonlinguistic sounds
Gebhart AL, Newport EL, Aslin RN. Statistical learning of adjacent and nonadjacent dependencies among nonlinguistic sounds. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 2009, 16: 486-490. PMID: 19451373, PMCID: PMC2799498, DOI: 10.3758/pbr.16.3.486.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStatistical learning mechanismsNonlinguistic soundsNonadjacent dependenciesPatterned relationshipsPerceptual similarityNonadjacent elementsSimilarity cuesAdjacent syllablesStatistical learningLearning mechanismSyllablesContinuous streamExtensive exposureAdultsParticipantsCuesContinuous sequenceRelationshipPresent studyLearningPrevious work
2008
Tracking the time course of phonetic cue integration during spoken word recognition
McMurray B, Clayards MA, Tanenhaus MK, Aslin RN. Tracking the time course of phonetic cue integration during spoken word recognition. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 2008, 15: 1064-1071. PMID: 19001568, PMCID: PMC2621311, DOI: 10.3758/pbr.15.6.1064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAttentionCuesHumansJudgmentPattern Recognition, VisualPhoneticsSpeech AcousticsSpeech PerceptionConceptsCue integrationWord recognitionManner contrastsVisual world paradigmCompetitor objectAsynchronous cuesLexical accessPhonetic categoriesTarget wordsPhonetic cuesSpeech perceptionWorld paradigmMultiple cuesEye movementsCuesListenersTime courseTrading relationsClassic studyPoints of divergenceRecognitionVoicingPerceptionWordsJudgmentsVisual 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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAttentionCuesFemaleHumansInfantLanguage DevelopmentLipreadingMalePhoneticsSpeech PerceptionConceptsVisual speechPhoneme discriminationVisual articulationPhonetic category learningPhonetic learningAuditory tokensCategory learningFacial displaysPreference procedureLanguage developmentSame syllablePhoneme boundariesSpeech articulationVisual informationSpeechVowel articulationPrevious researchGroups of infantsLearningUnimodal frequency distributionsParticular infantArticulationDiscriminationSyllablesTokens
2006
What's in a look?
Aslin RN. What's in a look? Developmental Science 2006, 10: 48-53. PMID: 17181699, PMCID: PMC2493049, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00563.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAttentionChild DevelopmentCognitionHumansInfantNeuropsychological TestsTime FactorsVision, OcularConsequences 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