2008
Visual 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 ResearchConceptsVisual speechPhoneme discriminationVisual articulationPhonetic category learningPhonetic learningAuditory tokensCategory learningFacial displaysPreference procedureLanguage developmentSame syllablePhoneme boundariesSpeech articulationVisual informationSpeechVowel articulationPrevious researchGroups of infantsLearningUnimodal frequency distributionsParticular infantArticulationDiscriminationSyllablesTokens
2007
Statistical phonetic learning in infants: facilitation and feature generalization
Maye J, Weiss DJ, Aslin RN. Statistical phonetic learning in infants: facilitation and feature generalization. Developmental Science 2007, 11: 122-134. PMID: 18171374, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00653.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhonetic inputNon-native speech contrastsInfant speech perceptionSame phonetic featureSpeech contrastsPhonetic learningDifficult contrastsPhonetic contrastsSpeech perceptionPhonetic informationFeatural representationPhonetic featuresPhonetic systemNative languageBimodal statistical distributionForeign languageDiscrimination patternsInput languageListenersLanguageFeature generalizationProcess of enhancementStatistical accountDiscriminationWerker
2006
Lexical competition in young children’s word learning
Swingley D, Aslin RN. Lexical competition in young children’s word learning. Cognitive Psychology 2006, 54: 99-132. PMID: 17054932, PMCID: PMC2613642, DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2006.05.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLexical competitionNovel wordsNovel neighborPicture fixation taskPhonological sensitivityChildren's wordFamiliar wordsPhonetic categoriesSpeech comprehensionNew wordsNovel objectsPhonological differencesSound patternsRecognition performanceWordsYoung childrenFamiliar neighborsChildrenComprehensionUtterancesInhibitory interactionsTaskNonneighborsAdultsDiscrimination
2005
Thirty Years of Research on Infant Speech Perception: The Legacy of Peter W. Jusczyk
Gerken L, Aslin R. Thirty Years of Research on Infant Speech Perception: The Legacy of Peter W. Jusczyk. Language Learning And Development 2005, 1: 5-21. DOI: 10.1207/s15473341lld0101_3.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1990
Children's discrimination of phonologically similar items
Murphy W, Gerken L, Cooper R, Aslin R. Children's discrimination of phonologically similar items. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1990, 87: s73-s73. DOI: 10.1121/1.2028350.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcoustic-phonetic segmentsDissimilar itemsTarget wordsSimilar itemsReaction time procedureWord neighborhoodsChildren's discriminationCorrect responsesYoung childrenHigh false alarm rateLine processingItemsChildrenWordsAdultsDiscriminationTime procedureFalse alarm rateFalse alarmsOldsProcessingAlarm rateRT
1984
Infant discrimination of two- and five-formant voiced stop consonants differing in place of articulation.
Walley A, Pisoni D, Aslin R. Infant discrimination of two- and five-formant voiced stop consonants differing in place of articulation. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1984, 75: 581-9. PMID: 6699297, PMCID: PMC3514865, DOI: 10.1121/1.390531.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlace of articulationOnset spectrumHead-turning paradigmRecent theoretical accountsFormant transition informationDiscrimination of placeTwo-formant stimuliAdditional acoustic informationInfants' discriminationArticulation perceptionArticulation contrastsDiscrimination taskFormant transitionsTheoretical accountsStop consonantsArticulation differencesAcoustic informationStimuliInnate cuesYoung infantsCuesTransition informationTransition differencesBurst stimuliDiscrimination
1982
Some effects of laboratory training on identification and discrimination of voicing contrasts in stop consonants
Pisoni D, Aslin R, Perey A, Hennessy B. Some effects of laboratory training on identification and discrimination of voicing contrasts in stop consonants. Journal Of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance 1982, 8: 297-314. PMID: 6461723, PMCID: PMC3495319, DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.8.2.297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStop consonantsEarly linguistic experienceVoice onset timePerceptual categoriesPerceptual abilitiesPerceptual mechanismsPerceptual testsLinguistic experienceMonolingual speakersTraining procedureConsonantsTraining techniquesPerceptionLaboratory trainingNovel contrastDiscrimination functionVoicelessEnglishDiscriminationOnset timePresent articleSimple laboratory techniqueSpeakersMost subjectsConsistent labeling
1980
Infants' discrimination of full and partial cues to place of articulation in stop consonants
Aslin R, Walley A. Infants' discrimination of full and partial cues to place of articulation in stop consonants. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1980, 68: s10-s11. DOI: 10.1121/1.2004546.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTwo-formant stimuliPlace of articulationInfants' discriminationOnset spectrumHead-turning paradigmPrelinguistic infantsInfants' abilityPartial cuesCV stimuliFormant transitionsStimulus onsetSecondary cuesStop consonantsCV syllablesMonth old infantsConsonant articulationInvariant informationCuesStimuliOlder infantsConsonantsDiscriminationArticulationSyllablesBlumsteinEffects of early linguistic experience on speech discrimination by infants: a critique of Eiler, Gavin, and Wilson (1979).
Aslin R, Pisoni D. Effects of early linguistic experience on speech discrimination by infants: a critique of Eiler, Gavin, and Wilson (1979). Child Development 1980, 51: 107-12. PMID: 7363730, PMCID: PMC3514872, DOI: 10.2307/1129596.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly linguistic experienceSpeech perceptionLinguistic experienceVoice onset time discriminationLanguage-learning environmentsExperimenter bias effectsSpeech contrastsEnglish infantsEilers et alDevelopmental courseTime discriminationSpeech discriminationDiscrimination dataYoung infantsGroups of infantsBias effectEarly experiencePerceptionConceptual groundsExperienceDiscriminationMethodological flawsSerious criticismGavinCritique
1979
Identification and discrimination of a new linguistic contrast
Aslin R, Pisoni D, Hennessy B, Perey A. Identification and discrimination of a new linguistic contrast. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1979, 65: s113-s113. DOI: 10.1121/1.2016955.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLinguistic contrastsNew perceptual categoriesPhonetic perceptionPerceptual abilitiesPerceptual categoriesHours of practicePerceptual systemSpeech soundsPerceptual testsLinguistic experienceNeural mechanismsIndividual exertsThree-way contrastTraining procedureTraining techniquesLinguistic environmentDiscrimination functionEnglish subjectsEnvironmental inputsVoicelessPerceptionConsistent labelingAdultsSoundDiscrimination