Where’s the Advantage? Mutual Exclusivity Promotes Children’s Initial Mapping, but Not Long-Term Memory, for Words Compared to Other Strategies

Where’s the Advantage? Mutual Exclusivity Promotes Children’s Initial Mapping, but Not Long-Term Memory, for Words Compared to Other Strategies

Children frequently apply a novel label to a novel object, a behavior known as the mutual exclusivity bias (MEB). This study examined how MEB affects children’s retention for word mappings. In Experiment 1, preschoolers (N = 39; Mage = 46.62 months) and adults (N = 24; Mage = 21.63 years) completed...

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Main Authors: Catherine A. Bredemann, Haley A. Vlach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
word learning
mutual exclusivity
language acquisition
long-term memory
cognitive development
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.686554/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.686554/full

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