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Defining the Role Of Language in Infants' Object Categorization with Eye-tracking Paradigms
Published on: February 8, 2019
Examining the role of social cues in early word learning
Alicia M Briganti1, Leslie B Cohen
1Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, USA. abriga2@tigers.lsu.edu
Abstract:
Infants watched a video of an adult pointing towards two different objects while hearing novel labels. Analyses indicated that 14- and 18-month-olds looked longer at the target object, but only 18-month-olds showed word learning. The results suggest that different types of social cues are available at different ages.
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