2011
Right Hemisphere Dominance in Visual Statistical Learning
Roser ME, Fiser J, Aslin RN, Gazzaniga MS. Right Hemisphere Dominance in Visual Statistical Learning. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2011, 23: 1088-1099. PMID: 20433243, PMCID: PMC3003769, DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2010.21508.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSplit-brain patientsLeft visual fieldVisual fieldControl participantsStatistical learningHemisphere advantageFMRI activation patternsNormal control participantsVisual statistical learningLeft hemisphere advantageRight hemisphere advantageVisual feature combinationsUnsupervised statistical learningVisuospatial integrationRight hemisphereActivation patternsImplicit learningPairs of shapesVisuospatial processingTest displayNew visual featuresPatientsHemispheric asymmetryVisual featuresConceptual knowledge
2006
Consequences of Lexical Stress on Learning an Artificial Lexicon
Creel SC, Tanenhaus MK, Aslin RN. Consequences of Lexical Stress on Learning an Artificial Lexicon. Journal Of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory And Cognition 2006, 32: 15-32. PMID: 16478337, DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.32.1.15.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
Infants are sensitive to within-category variation in speech perception
McMurray B, Aslin R. Infants are sensitive to within-category variation in speech perception. Cognition 2005, 95: b15-b26. PMID: 15694642, DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2004.07.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpeech perceptionCategory variationHead-turn preference procedureRepetition of wordsPhonetic categoriesInfants' sensitivityPreference procedureCategory detailPrevious researchPerceptionSame categoryAdultsSystematic sensitivityPhonemesListenersTokensConsonantsSpeechRecent evidenceVOTWordsInfantsRecent workRepetitionCategories
2002
Statistical Learning of Higher-Order Temporal Structure From Visual Shape Sequences
Fiser J, Aslin R. Statistical Learning of Higher-Order Temporal Structure From Visual Shape Sequences. Journal Of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory And Cognition 2002, 28: 458-467. PMID: 12018498, DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.28.3.458.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnalysis of VarianceAttentionDiscrimination LearningFemaleHumansLearningMaleMental RecallOrientationPattern Recognition, VisualTime FactorsConceptsShape sequenceHigher order temporal structureAbility of observersOvert taskAssociative learningPassive viewingExplicit instructionFamiliar shapesStatistical learningTemporal orderSequence of shapesTemporal structureTemporal featuresTemporal eventsFamiliarizationNew temporal featuresParticipantsLearningSuccessive shapesTaskObserverViewingNovel sequencesInstructionMultiple statistics
2001
Unsupervised Statistical Learning of Higher-Order Spatial Structures from Visual Scenes
Fiser J, Aslin R. Unsupervised Statistical Learning of Higher-Order Spatial Structures from Visual Scenes. Psychological Science 2001, 12: 499-504. PMID: 11760138, DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00392.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsChild DevelopmentDiscrimination LearningFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMalePitch PerceptionSpeech PerceptionConceptsID 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
1981
Discrimination of voice onset time by human infants: new findings and implications for the effects of early experience.
Aslin R, Pisoni D, Hennessy B, Perey A. Discrimination of voice onset time by human infants: new findings and implications for the effects of early experience. Child Development 1981, 52: 1135-45. PMID: 7318516, PMCID: PMC3499965, DOI: 10.2307/1129499.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAuditory ThresholdConditioning, OperantDiscrimination LearningHumansInfantPhoneticsPsychology, ChildSpeech Discrimination TestsSpeech Perception
1980
Effects 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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsDiscrimination LearningEthnicityHumansInfantLanguage DevelopmentPhoneticsPsychology, ChildSound LocalizationSpeech PerceptionConceptsEarly 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