Gesture for Generalization: Gesture Facilitates Flexible Learning of Words for Actions on Objects

Autor/inn/en	Wakefield, Elizabeth M.; Hall, Casey; James, Karin H.; Goldin-Meadow, Susan
Titel	Gesture for Generalization: Gesture Facilitates Flexible Learning of Words for Actions on Objects
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 21 (2018) 5, (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-7687
DOI	10.1111/desc.12656
Schlagwörter	Nonverbal Communication; Verbs; Language Acquisition; Young Children; Generalization; Novelty (Stimulus Dimension) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Frühe Kindheit
Abstract	Verb learning is difficult for children (Gentner, [Gentner, D., 1982]), partially because children have a bias to associate a novel verb not only with the action it represents, but also with the object on which it is learned (Kersten & Smith, [Kersten, A.W., 2002]). Here we investigate how well 4- and 5-year-old children (N = 48) generalize novel verbs for actions on objects after doing or seeing the action (e.g., twisting a knob on an object) or after doing or seeing a gesture for the action (e.g., twisting in the air near an object). We find not only that children generalize more effectively through gesture experience, but also that this ability to generalize persists after a 24-hour delay. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01