ERIC Number: EJ1403821
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
EISSN: EISSN-1467-8624
Formal Theories Clarify the Complex: Generalizing a Neural Process Account of the Interaction of Visual Exploration and Word Learning in Infancy
Bhat, Ajaz A.; Samuelson, Larissa K.; Spencer, John P.
Child Development, v94 n6 p1491-1510 2023
The interaction of visual exploration and auditory processing is central to early cognitive development, supporting object discrimination, categorization, and word learning. Research has shown visual-auditory interactions to be complex, created from multiple processes and changing over multiple timescales. To better understand these interactions, we generalize a formal neural process model of early word learning to two studies examining how words impact 9- to 22-month-olds' attention to novelty. These simulations clarify the origin and nature of previously demonstrated effects of labels on visual exploration and the basis of mutual exclusivity effects in word learning. We use our findings to discuss key questions for this special section: what makes a good theory and how should formal theories interface with empirical paradigms and findings?
Descriptors: Infants, Vocabulary Development, Attention, Cognitive Development, Learning Theories, Visual Perception, Auditory Perception
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: HD045713
Data File: URL: https://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2102/10.17605/OSF.IO/NG2VF