Formal theories clarify the complex: Generalizing a neural process account of the interaction of visual exploration and word learning in infancy.

Autor: Bhat AA; School of Digital Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, Brunei Darussalam., Samuelson LK; School of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK., Spencer JP; School of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Child development [Child Dev] 2023 Nov-Dec; Vol. 94 (6), pp. 1491-1510. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 30.
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.14023
Abstrakt: The interaction of visual exploration and auditory processing is central to early cognitive development, supporting object discrimination, categorization, and word learning. Research has shown visual-auditory interactions to be complex, created from multiple processes and changing over multiple timescales. To better understand these interactions, we generalize a formal neural process model of early word learning to two studies examining how words impact 9- to 22-month-olds' attention to novelty. These simulations clarify the origin and nature of previously demonstrated effects of labels on visual exploration and the basis of mutual exclusivity effects in word learning. We use our findings to discuss key questions for this special section: what makes a good theory and how should formal theories interface with empirical paradigms and findings?
(© 2023 The Authors. Child Development published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Research in Child Development.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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