2014
The Goldilocks Effect in Infant Auditory Attention
Kidd C, Piantadosi ST, Aslin RN. The Goldilocks Effect in Infant Auditory Attention. Child Development 2014, 85: 1795-1804. PMID: 24990627, PMCID: PMC4807134, DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAuditory attentionAttentional selectionInfant attentionCognitive resourcesVisual attentionCognitive domainsStimulus complexityAuditory stimuliImplicit beliefsAcoustic inputBehavioral methodsTheorized mechanismsHuman infantsPrevious researchCapacity limitsTransitional statisticsGoldilocks effectAttentionStimuliInfantsBeliefsBroad principlesSoundPrevious studiesExpectations
2012
Word learning under adverse listening conditions: Context-specific recognition
Creel S, Aslin R, Tanenhaus M. Word learning under adverse listening conditions: Context-specific recognition. Language Cognition And Neuroscience 2012, 27: 1021-1038. DOI: 10.1080/01690965.2011.610597.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdverse listening conditionsWord learningListening conditionsLearning phasePicture selection taskNew vocabulary itemsListeners' representationsUnfamiliar shapesLanguage knowledgeVocabulary itemsListenersNoisy wordsSpectral contextWordsSpecific representationComputer displayLearningRepresentationItemsConsonantsRecognitionVowelsTaskPrevious studiesTokens
2009
Changing Structures in Midstream: Learning Along the Statistical Garden Path
Gebhart AL, Aslin RN, Newport EL. Changing Structures in Midstream: Learning Along the Statistical Garden Path. Cognitive Science 2009, 33: 1087-1116. PMID: 20574548, PMCID: PMC2889674, DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2009.01041.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAuditory statistical learning taskLow-level acoustic cuesAuditory statistical learningStatistical learning taskTrisyllabic nonsense wordsNonsense wordsExplicit cuesAcoustic cuesLearning taskPitch changesStatistical learningGarden pathDistributional informationLearnersCuesComputational perspectiveWordsTaskLearningPrevious studiesInformationAbility