Familiar Object Salience Affects Novel Word Learning.
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SUBMITTER: Pomper R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6128788 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
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Familiar Object Salience Affects Novel Word Learning.
Pomper Ron R Saffran Jenny R JR
Child development 20180307 2
Children use the presence of familiar objects with known names to identify the correct referents of novel words. In natural environments, objects vary widely in salience. The presence of familiar objects may sometimes hinder rather than help word learning. To test this hypothesis, 3-year-olds (N = 36) were shown novel objects paired with familiar objects that varied in their visual salience. When the novel objects were labeled, children were slower and less accurate at fixating them in the prese ...[more]
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