2022
Predictive brain signals mediate association between shared reading and expressive vocabulary in infants
Wang S, Tzeng O, Aslin R. Predictive brain signals mediate association between shared reading and expressive vocabulary in infants. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0272438. PMID: 35921370, PMCID: PMC9348734, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExpressive vocabularyShared reading experiencesReading experienceBrain signalsExpressive vocabulary acquisitionEfficient language processingFurther mediation analysisUnique varianceUpcoming informationVocabulary acquisitionLanguage learningMediation analysisInfant brainLanguage processingVocabularyPredictive signalsMaternal educationOccipital lobeExperiencePresent studyTaskFirst evidenceLearningReadingProcessingAttentional 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
Towards a model of language neurobiology in early development
Sanchez-Alonso S, Aslin RN. Towards a model of language neurobiology in early development. Brain And Language 2021, 224: 105047. PMID: 34894429, DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2021.105047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLanguage outcomesTrait-like patternsLanguage learning mechanismsNeural measuresInfants' sensitivityCognitive domainsRecent behavioralIndividual differencesMaturational constraintsNeural patternsLanguage networkValid paradigmBehavioral measuresLanguage learningFuture methodological approachesLearning mechanismNeural plasticitySubject differencesNeurobiologyClinical interventionsEarly childhoodDevelopmental patternsEarly developmentAnalytic approachMeasuresBilingualism 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 reportingMonolingualsBilingualsBilingualismA distributional perspective on the gavagai problem in early word learning
Aslin RN, Wang AF. A distributional perspective on the gavagai problem in early word learning. Cognition 2021, 213: 104680. PMID: 33853740, PMCID: PMC8324554, DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104680.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly word learningWord learningProperty wordsObject wordsNovel labelWhole objectStatistical learning paradigmObjects/eventsAppropriate grammatical categoryDistributional informationRapid namingWord learnersReferential ambiguityNovel objectsPossible referentsNaïve learnersLanguage inputObject propertiesLearning paradigmPlausible accountGrammatical categoriesWordsYoung infantsCorpus analysisLearning
2017
Indexical and linguistic processing by 12-month-olds: Discrimination of speaker, accent and vowel differences
Mulak KE, Bonn CD, Chládková K, Aslin RN, Escudero P. Indexical and linguistic processing by 12-month-olds: Discrimination of speaker, accent and vowel differences. PLOS ONE 2017, 12: e0176762. PMID: 28520762, PMCID: PMC5435166, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176762.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIndexical variationLanguage inputInfants' speech processingLarger receptive vocabulariesSame vowel categoryChildren's language inputIndexical variabilityPhoneme acquisitionInfants' sensitivityReceptive vocabularyDifferent accentsSpeech tokensCategory boundariesIndexical cuesLinguistic processingLinguistic cuesDistributional learningIndividual speakersVowel categoriesSpeech processingVowel differencesSpeakersSame speakerLearning contextSpeaker variability
2016
Sampling over Nonuniform Distributions: A Neural Efficiency Account of the Primacy Effect in Statistical Learning
Karuza EA, Li P, Weiss DJ, Bulgarelli F, Zinszer BD, Aslin RN. Sampling over Nonuniform Distributions: A Neural Efficiency Account of the Primacy Effect in Statistical Learning. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2016, 28: 1484-1500. PMID: 27315265, PMCID: PMC5576997, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00990.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimacy effectFamiliar languageExtensive behavioral evidenceEarly auditory cortexLanguage learning capacityImportance of cuesPosterior parietal regionsAbsence of cuesFunctional connectivity analysisSuccessful knowledge acquisitionNeural accountFamiliarity judgmentsNeural efficiencyCognitive systemFMRI scanningArtificial languageBehavioral evidenceNovel languageParietal regionsStatistical learningSyllable inventoryAuditory cortexEfficiency accountConnectivity analysisLearning capacity
2015
Enhanced Visual Statistical Learning in Adults With Autism
Roser ME, Aslin RN, McKenzie R, Zahra D, Fiser J. Enhanced Visual Statistical Learning in Adults With Autism. Neuropsychology 2015, 29: 163-172. PMID: 25151115, PMCID: PMC4340818, DOI: 10.1037/neu0000137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism spectrum disorderVisual statistical learningShort-term memoryStatistical learningAge-matched control participantsDomains of learningHigh covariationPairs of shapesVisuospatial processingObservational learningMultiple exemplarsSpectrum disorderSustained biasLanguage deficienciesControl participantsLow covariationVisual featuresExposure phaseSocial engagementParticipant groupsAdult participantsPatterns of covariationLearningCovariationParticipants
2013
The neural correlates of statistical learning in a word segmentation task: An fMRI study
Karuza EA, Newport EL, Aslin RN, Starling SJ, Tivarus ME, Bavelier D. The neural correlates of statistical learning in a word segmentation task: An fMRI study. Brain And Language 2013, 127: 46-54. PMID: 23312790, PMCID: PMC3750089, DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2012.11.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft inferior frontal gyrusFunctional magnetic resonance imagingNeural activationStatistical learningImplicit sequence learningWord segmentation taskInferior frontal gyrusCoherent sequenceSpeech streamNeural correlatesSequence learningNeural basisBehavioral performanceFMRI studyFrontal gyrusSyllable sequencesPars opercularisSubcortical networksTransitional probabilitiesBrain areasBehavioral testsLearningContinuous streamSegmentation taskParticipants
2011
Adaptation to novel accents by toddlers
White KS, Aslin RN. Adaptation to novel accents by toddlers. Developmental Science 2011, 14: 372-384. PMID: 21479106, PMCID: PMC3071623, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.00986.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWord recognitionPhonological detailPhonetic detailVowel ShiftYoung word learnersAdults' word recognitionDisruption of processingNon-native speakersPresent study exploresWord learnersArtificial accentNovel accentFamiliar wordsVariable pronunciationsSimilar wordsSame vowelYoung toddlersNative languageDifferent dialectsStandard pronunciationCategory shiftToddlersPronunciationMispronunciationsStudy explores
2004
Learning at a distance II. Statistical learning of non-adjacent dependencies in a non-human primate
Newport E, Hauser M, Spaepen G, Aslin R. Learning at a distance II. Statistical learning of non-adjacent dependencies in a non-human primate. Cognitive Psychology 2004, 49: 85-117. PMID: 15304368, DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2003.12.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-adjacent regularitiesStatistical regularitiesTamarin monkeysType of languageNon-adjacent syllablesWord-like unitsCotton-top tamarin monkeysNon-adjacent dependenciesNon-adjacent segmentsPredictable relationNon-human primatesLanguage acquisitionFamiliarization methodsHuman learnersPlayback paradigmLanguageAdjacent syllablesHuman speechStatistical learningLearnersWordsSyllablesDifferent soundsAdult learningConsonantsLearning at a distance I. Statistical learning of non-adjacent dependencies
Newport E, Aslin R. Learning at a distance I. Statistical learning of non-adjacent dependencies. Cognitive Psychology 2004, 48: 127-162. PMID: 14732409, DOI: 10.1016/s0010-0285(03)00128-2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1995
Infants′ Detection of the Sound Patterns of Words in Fluent Speech
Jusczyk P, Aslin R. Infants′ Detection of the Sound Patterns of Words in Fluent Speech. Cognitive Psychology 1995, 29: 1-23. PMID: 7641524, DOI: 10.1006/cogp.1995.1010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTarget wordsFluent speechNon-word targetsDifferent monosyllabic wordsSimilar sounding wordsUnfamiliar wordsSentential contextInfants' capacityPhonetic segmentsMonosyllabic wordsSpeech contextPhonetic featuresExperiment 3Experiment 4Experiment 1Test passagesTest phaseSound patternsFamiliarization periodWordsSpeechMonths of ageAmerican infantsSentencesContext