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Mulak, Karen E.; Vlach, Haley A.; Escudero, Paola – Cognitive Science, 2019
Cross-situational word learning (XSWL) tasks present multiple words and candidate referents within a learning trial such that word-referent pairings can be inferred only across trials. Adults encode fine phonological detail when two words and candidate referents are presented in each learning trial (2 × 2 scenario; Escudero, Mulak, & Vlach,…
Descriptors: Phonology, Vocabulary Development, Cognitive Mapping, Accuracy
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Rao, Chaitra; Mathur, Avantika; Singh, Nandini C. – Brain and Language, 2013
Romanized transliteration is widely used in internet communication and global commerce, yet we know little about its behavioural and neural processing. Here, we show that Romanized text imposes a significant neurocognitive load. Readers faced greater difficulty in identifying concrete words written in Romanized transliteration (Romanagari)…
Descriptors: Romanization, Native Language, Cognitive Processes, Brain Hemisphere Functions