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Direct linkDittmar, Miriam; Abbot-Smith, Kirsten; Lieven, Elena; Tomasello, Michael – Cognitive Science, 2014
Many studies show a developmental advantage for transitive sentences with familiar verbs over those with novel verbs. It might be that once familiar verbs become entrenched in particular constructions, they would be more difficult to understand (than would novel verbs) in non-prototypical constructions. We provide support for this hypothesis…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Familiarity, Verbs, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
Moll, Henrike; Carpenter, Malinda; Tomasello, Michael – Infancy, 2011
Previous research has found that young children recognize an adult as being acquainted with an object most readily when the child and adult have previously engaged socially with that object together. In the current study, we tested the hypothesis that such social engagement is so powerful that it can sometimes lead children to overestimate what…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Social Behavior, Recognition (Psychology), Adults
Moll, Henrike; Koring, Cornelia; Carpenter, Malinda; Tomasello, Michael – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2006
In the studies presented here, infants' understanding of others' attention was assessed when gaze direction cues were not diagnostic. Fourteen-, 18- and 24-month-olds witnessed an adult look to the side of an object and express excitement. In 1 experimental condition this object was new for the adult because she was not present while the child and…
Descriptors: Infants, Comprehension, Attention, Adults
