2022
Predictive brain signals mediate association between shared reading and expressive vocabulary in infants
Wang S, Tzeng O, Aslin R. Predictive brain signals mediate association between shared reading and expressive vocabulary in infants. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0272438. PMID: 35921370, PMCID: PMC9348734, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExpressive vocabularyShared reading experiencesReading experienceBrain signalsExpressive vocabulary acquisitionEfficient language processingFurther mediation analysisUnique varianceUpcoming informationVocabulary acquisitionLanguage learningMediation analysisInfant brainLanguage processingVocabularyPredictive signalsMaternal educationOccipital lobeExperiencePresent studyTaskFirst evidenceLearningReadingProcessing
2018
Emergence of the benefits and costs of grouping for visual search
Wu R, McGee B, Rubenstein M, Pruitt Z, Cheung OS, Aslin RN. Emergence of the benefits and costs of grouping for visual search. Psychophysiology 2018, 55: e13087. PMID: 29663415, PMCID: PMC6113073, DOI: 10.1111/psyp.13087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual searchTraining conditionsVisual search efficiencyAttentional selectionNeural responsesExplicit instructionTarget viewPlanned comparisonsRelated itemsSame objectInteraction effectsPretestObjectsDifferent viewsSearch efficiencyPosttestPresent studyParticipantsInstructionItemsViewANOVABenefits
2017
Sensory cue-combination in the context of newly learned categories
Bankieris KR, Bejjanki VR, Aslin RN. Sensory cue-combination in the context of newly learned categories. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 10890. PMID: 28883455, PMCID: PMC5589839, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11341-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSemantic Specificity in One-Year-Olds’ Word Comprehension
Bergelson E, Aslin R. Semantic Specificity in One-Year-Olds’ Word Comprehension. Language Learning And Development 2017, 13: 481-501. PMID: 29200981, PMCID: PMC5711470, DOI: 10.1080/15475441.2017.1324308.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInitial semantic representationFamiliar objectsSecond postnatal yearWord comprehensionFamiliar nounsInfants' knowledgeNonce wordsNovel objectsRelated wordsSemantic fitSemantic representationPostnatal yearSemantic specificityWordsRelated trialsWhole sampleIncorrect imagesObjectsComprehensionRelated labelsNounsPresent studyReferentsOne-yearSecond year
2009
Statistical learning of adjacent and nonadjacent dependencies among nonlinguistic sounds
Gebhart AL, Newport EL, Aslin RN. Statistical learning of adjacent and nonadjacent dependencies among nonlinguistic sounds. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 2009, 16: 486-490. PMID: 19451373, PMCID: PMC2799498, DOI: 10.3758/pbr.16.3.486.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStatistical learning mechanismsNonlinguistic soundsNonadjacent dependenciesPatterned relationshipsPerceptual similarityNonadjacent elementsSimilarity cuesAdjacent syllablesStatistical learningLearning mechanismSyllablesContinuous streamExtensive exposureAdultsParticipantsCuesContinuous sequenceRelationshipPresent studyLearningPrevious work
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