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Peer reviewedHalberda, Justin – Cognition, 2003
Two studies investigated young infants' use of the word-learning principle Mutual Exclusivity. Findings indicated that 17-month-olds used mutual exclusivity to map novel labels to novel objects in a preferential looking paradigm, whereas 16-month-olds performed at chance levels. Fourteen-month-olds systematically increased looking to the familiar…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis
