1998
Computation of Conditional Probability Statistics by 8-Month-Old Infants
Aslin R, Saffran J, Newport E. Computation of Conditional Probability Statistics by 8-Month-Old Infants. Psychological Science 1998, 9: 321-324. DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransitional probabilitiesTrisyllabic nonsense wordsPowerful learning mechanismWord segmentation taskConditional probability statisticsNonsense wordsProsodic cuesSpeech syllablesTest wordsContinuous streamFluent speechWord boundariesSyllable pairsContinuous speechInfants' responsesLearning mechanismListening experienceLanguage corporaWordsOlder infantsSpeechSyllablesCorpusCuesPresent study
1996
Statistical Learning by 8-Month-Old Infants
Saffran J, Aslin R, Newport E. Statistical Learning by 8-Month-Old Infants. Science 1996, 274: 1926-1928. PMID: 8943209, DOI: 10.1126/science.274.5294.1926.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLanguage acquisitionStatistical learningExperience-independent mechanismsSegmentation of wordsExperience-dependent mechanismsLanguage inputWord segmentationFluent speechMost theoristsOlder infantsSpeechLearningLearnersWordsAcquisitionTheoristsPowerful mechanismPresent studyTaskFundamental taskInfantsTypes of mechanisms
1995
Perception of Object Unity in 2-Month-Old Infants
Johnson S, Aslin R. Perception of Object Unity in 2-Month-Old Infants. Developmental Psychology 1995, 31: 739-745. DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.31.5.739.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1994
Developmental Differences in Infant Attention to the Spectral Properties of Infant‐directed Speech
Cooper R, Aslin R. Developmental Differences in Infant Attention to the Spectral Properties of Infant‐directed Speech. Child Development 1994, 65: 1663-1677. PMID: 7859548, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1994.tb00841.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsID speechExaggerated pitch contoursSine-wave analogsPitch contourAdult-directed speechInfant-directed speechInfant attentionAD speechPrepotent stimulusCommunicative signalsPerceptual acuityPreference procedureDevelopmental differencesNatural recordingsProsodic featuresAcoustic featuresFourth experimentSpeechPitch characteristicsOlder infantsThird experimentYoung infantsInteractive experienceMonths of ageFundamental frequency
1990
Preference for Infant‐directed Speech in the First Month after Birth
Cooper R, Aslin R. Preference for Infant‐directed Speech in the First Month after Birth. Child Development 1990, 61: 1584-1595. PMID: 2245748, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1990.tb02885.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfant-directed speechAD speechAdult-directed speechPrenatal auditory experienceYoung infantsID speechSpeech preferenceInfants' preferenceVisual stimuliSpeech processingAuditory experienceTask variablesExperiment 1Prosodic featuresPostnatal experienceSpeechBehavioral preferencesOlder infantsPreferencesExperienceInfantsFirst monthStimuliSignificant differencesPossible role
1983
Dark vergence and dark accommodation in human infants
Aslin R, Dobson V. Dark vergence and dark accommodation in human infants. Vision Research 1983, 23: 1671-1678. PMID: 6666070, DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(83)90182-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 infantsConsonantsDiscriminationArticulationSyllablesBlumstein
1979
Accommodative-convergence in young infants: Development of a synergistic sensory-motor system
Aslin R, Jackson R. Accommodative-convergence in young infants: Development of a synergistic sensory-motor system. Canadian Journal Of Psychology/Revue Canadienne De Psychologie 1979, 33: 222-231. PMID: 546490, DOI: 10.1037/h0081722.Peer-Reviewed Original Research