Examining the role of social cues in early word learning.

Infant Behav Dev

Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, USA.

Published: February 2011

Infants watched a video of an adult pointing towards two different objects while hearing novel labels. Analyses indicated that 14- and 18-month-olds looked longer at the target object, but only 18-month-olds showed word learning. The results suggest that different types of social cues are available at different ages.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.12.012DOI Listing

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