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Bhat, Ajaz A., Samuelson, Larissa K. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9141-3286 and Spencer, John P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7320-144X
(2023)
Formal theories clarify the complex: Generalizing a neural process account of the interaction of visual exploration and word learning in infancy.
Child Development, 94 (6).
pp. 1491-1510.
ISSN 0009-3920
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Abstract
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?.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Data availability: All materials necessary to reproduce the model and simulations are available at doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/NG2VF Funding information: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Grant Number: HD045713 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | education,developmental and educational psychology,pediatrics, perinatology, and child health,3* ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3304 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Developmental Science |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Sep 2023 08:30 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Dec 2023 03:03 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/93117 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.14023 |
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