2022
Attentional 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 ResearchConceptsBilingual cognitive advantageOrienting of attentionSignificant developmental gainsHigher cognitive functionsBilingual infantsOrienting tasksCognitive advantagesInfants' performanceCognitive developmentDevelopmental gainsInfluence infantsBilingual environmentLongitudinal subsetLarge sampleCurrent studyInfant samplesOrientingBilingualsInconclusive evidenceTaskSmall samplesInfantsPerformanceEvidenceKey questions
2017
The Lateral Occipital Cortex Is Selective for Object Shape, Not Texture/Color, at Six Months
Emberson LL, Crosswhite SL, Richards JE, Aslin RN. The Lateral Occipital Cortex Is Selective for Object Shape, Not Texture/Color, at Six Months. Journal Of Neuroscience 2017, 37: 3698-3703. PMID: 28264984, PMCID: PMC5373142, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3300-16.2017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual systemVisual regionsVisual developmentHigh-level visual regionsHigh-level visual areasMid-level visionHuman visual developmentLateral occipital cortexVisual representationHuman visual systemFunctional specializationDevelopmental trajectoriesVisual areasFNIRS dataOccipital cortexCortical hemodynamicsHuman brainObject shapeEarly childhoodMonth oldsCurrent studyShape informationLOCMonths of ageFirst systematic investigation
2016
Isolating the effects of surface vasculature in infant neuroimaging using short-distance optical channels: a combination of local and global effects
Emberson LL, Crosswhite SL, Goodwin JR, Berger AJ, Aslin RN. Isolating the effects of surface vasculature in infant neuroimaging using short-distance optical channels: a combination of local and global effects. Neurophotonics 2016, 3: 031406-031406. PMID: 27158631, PMCID: PMC4835587, DOI: 10.1117/1.nph.3.3.031406.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 Research
2000
Spoken word recognition and lexical representation in very young children
Swingley D, Aslin R. Spoken word recognition and lexical representation in very young children. Cognition 2000, 76: 147-166. PMID: 10856741, DOI: 10.1016/s0010-0277(00)00081-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLexical representationsWord recognitionEye movementsEarly lexical representationsChildren's eye movementsYoung childrenFamiliar wordsSpoken wordsChildren's representationsVocabulary sizeObject labelsSimilar wordsChildren's knowledgeSound patternsFocus of debateWordsMispronunciationsCurrent studySentencesChildrenDegree of specificityRepresentationRecognitionReferentsDebate