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Samuelson, Larissa K.; Horst, Jessica S. – Infancy, 2007
Recent research on early word learning suggests that children's behavior when-generalizing novel nouns integrates their prior vocabulary knowledge with the specifics of the task. This study examines how these factors interact on the moment-to-moment time scale of the training children receive and the sequence of stimuli they are shown. In 1…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Nouns, Prior Learning, Vocabulary Development
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Colombo, John; Shaddy, D. Jill; Richman, W. Allen; Maikranz, Julie M.; Blaga, Otilia M. – Infancy, 2004
A longitudinal sample of 226 infants were tested monthly on habituation and novelty preference tasks, augmented with simultaneous heart rate recording from 3 to 9 months of age. Infants were then administered the Bayley Scales of Infant Development II (BSID) and MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory (MCDI) at 12, 18, and 24 months. Prior…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Infants, Habituation, Preschool Children