Acquisition of Word-Object Associations by 14-Month-Old Infants

In six experiments, infants were habituated to word-object pairings and then presented with a familiar word and object in a previously seen and a new pairing. Found that 14-month olds formed word-object associations under these conditions when the objects were moving; 8- to 12-month olds did not for...

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Published inDevelopmental psychology Vol. 34; no. 6; p. 1289
Main Authors Werker, Janet F, Cohen, Leslie B, Lloyd, Valerie L, Stager, Christine, Casasola, Marianella
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.11.1998
Subjects
Age Factors
British Columbia (Vancouver)
Child Language
Female
Foreign Countries
Humans
Infant
Infants
Language Acquisition
Language Development
Male
Motion
Texas (Austin)
Verbal Learning
Vocabulary
Word Learning
Word Recognition
Words
Canada (Vancouver)
Texas (Austin)
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Summary:In six experiments, infants were habituated to word-object pairings and then presented with a familiar word and object in a previously seen and a new pairing. Found that 14-month olds formed word-object associations under these conditions when the objects were moving; 8- to 12-month olds did not form associations but appeared to process the word and object information. (BC)
ISSN:0012-1649
1939-0599
DOI:10.1037/0012-1649.34.6.1289