2012
Rational snacking: Young children’s decision-making on the marshmallow task is moderated by beliefs about environmental reliability
Kidd C, Palmeri H, Aslin RN. Rational snacking: Young children’s decision-making on the marshmallow task is moderated by beliefs about environmental reliability. Cognition 2012, 126: 109-114. PMID: 23063236, PMCID: PMC3730121, DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2012.08.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMarshmallow taskSelf-control abilityGratification taskIndividual differencesRational decision-making processSustained delayGreater rewardsUnreliable conditionsLater lifeTaskClassic paradigmDecision-making processChildrenBeliefsMischelPiagetRewardGratificationAbilityParadigmEvidenceDifferencesReliability
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 tokensPhonemesListenersSyllablesConsonantsPerception