Dog Is a Dog Is a Dog: Infant Rule Learning Is Not Specific to Language

Autor/inn/en	Saffran, Jenny R.; Pollak, Seth D.; Seibel, Rebecca L.; Shkolnik, Anna
Titel	Dog Is a Dog Is a Dog: Infant Rule Learning Is Not Specific to Language
Quelle	In: Cognition, 105 (2007) 3, S.669-680 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-0277
DOI	10.1016/j.cognition.2006.11.004
Schlagwörter	Language Acquisition; Infants; Learning Processes; Cognitive Processes; Generalization; Pattern Recognition; Animals; Photography + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Learning process; Lernprozess; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Mustererkennung; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Fotografie
Abstract	Human infants possess powerful learning mechanisms used for the acquisition of language. To what extent are these mechanisms domain specific? One well-known infant language learning mechanism is the ability to detect and generalize rule-like similarity patterns, such as ABA or ABB [Marcus, G. F., Vijayan, S., Rao, S. B., & Vishton, P. M. (1999). Rule learning by seven-month-old infants. "Science," 283, 77-80.]. The results of three experiments demonstrate that 7-month-old infants can detect and generalize these same patterns when the elements consist of pictures of animals (dogs and cats). These findings indicate that rule learning of this type is not specific to language acquisition. (Author).
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