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Peer reviewedSaffran, Jenny R. – Cognition, 2001
Three experiments assessed the extent to which statistical learning generates novel word-like units, rather than probabilistically-related strings of sounds. Found that 8-month-olds' listening preferences were affected by the context (English versus nonsense) in which items from the familiarization phase were embedded during testing. Confirmed…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Comparative Analysis, Infant Behavior, Infants
