The shape of the vocabulary predicts the shape of the bias
Children acquire attentional biases that help them generalize novel words to novel objects. Researchers have proposed that these biases arise from regularities in the early noun vocabulary children learn and suggest that the specifics of the biases should be tied to the specifics of individual child...
Main Authors: | Lynn K Perry, Larissa K Samuelson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2011-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00345/full |
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