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 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 effects
2016
Statistical learning: a powerful mechanism that operates by mere exposure
Aslin RN. Statistical learning: a powerful mechanism that operates by mere exposure. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive Science 2016, 8 PMID: 27906526, PMCID: PMC5182173, DOI: 10.1002/wcs.1373.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMere exposureStatistical learning mechanismsLittle apparent effortTransfer of learningImplicit learningSpeech syllablesLittle active involvementUnderlying temporal structurePassive listeningStatistical learningLearning mechanismHuman infantsWIREs websiteApparent effortVariety of modalitiesFurther resourcesTemporal structureLearningPowerful mechanismInstructionAslinSyllablesSaffranSpecific typesListening
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 learningConsonants
2001
Segmentation of the speech stream in a non-human primate: statistical learning in cotton-top tamarins
Hauser M, Newport E, Aslin R. Segmentation of the speech stream in a non-human primate: statistical learning in cotton-top tamarins. Cognition 2001, 78: b53-b64. PMID: 11124355, DOI: 10.1016/s0010-0277(00)00132-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpeech streamStream of speechSequences of syllablesNon-human primatesCotton-top tamarinsPrimates' abilitySerial orderPotential wordsSyllable sequencesStatistical learningHuman infantsSequential statisticsHuman adultsLearningAslinParticular aspectsSyllablesSaffranAbilitySpeechFuture workWordsTaskInput streamHumans