Publications by authors named "Nicola Gillen"
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- The study examined how 18-month-old infants respond to semantic priming using the inter-modal priming technique, focusing on how repeat exposure to cues affects their attention.
- The researchers found that when infants saw repeated related cues, they looked longer at the targets, suggesting that even young infants have a structured understanding of word meanings.
- The results also indicate that the timing between cues and targets (known as SOA) can influence priming effects, with negative priming potentially explaining some outcomes, and the study showcases the effectiveness of the inter-modal priming task for exploring language comprehension in infants.
We compared vocabulary sizes in comprehension and production between bilingual toddlers growing up in the United Kingdom (UK) and age-matched UK English monolinguals (12-36 months old) using parent-report vocabulary questionnaires. We found that bilingual toddlers' vocabulary sizes in English were smaller than the vocabulary sizes of their monolingual peers. Notably, this vocabulary gap was not found when groups were compared on conceptual vocabulary in comprehension.
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