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14-Month-Old Infants Form Novel WordSpatial
Relation Associations Marianella Casasola and Makeba Parramore Wilbourn Department of Human Development, Cornell University This study explored 14-month-old infants ability to form novel wordspatial relation associations. During habituation, infants heard 1 novel word (e.g., teek) while viewing dynamic containment events (i.e., Big Bird placed in a box) and, on other habituation trials, a second novel word (e.g., blick) while viewing dynamic support events (i.e., Big Bird placed on the box). Each novel word was presented in a sentence (e.g., Shes putting Big Bird teek the box). During the test, infants discriminated an event that maintained the habituation wordrelation pairing from one that presented a switch in this pairing. The results indicate that 14-month-olds can learn to form wordrelation associations quickly, requiring only a few minutes of experience with each wordrelation pairing. |
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