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Toddlers attention to intentions-in-action in learning novel action words.
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Toddlers ability to use cues such as eye gaze and gestures to infer the meaning of novel action words was examined. In Experiment 1, 21- and 27-month-olds were taught labels for pairs of videotaped actions that were either similar or dissimilar in ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002Jan
in Journal: Dev Psychol
(Language : eng)
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1. Dev Psychol.
2002 Jan;38(1):104-14
Toddlers' attention to intentions-in-action in learning novel action words.
Poulin-Dubois D, Forbes JN
Centre for Research in Human Development/Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. dpoulin@vax2.concordia.ca
Toddlers' ability to use cues such as eye gaze and gestures to infer the meaning of novel action words was examined. In Experiment 1, 21- and 27-month-olds were taught labels for pairs of videotaped actions that were either similar or dissimilar in appearance. Similar actions differed mainly in the presence of behavioral cues related to the agents' intentions (e.g., extended arms). Only the older children were able to learn the labels for the similar actions. In Experiment 2, 3 new pairs of labels (2 similar, 1 dissimilar) were taught to children in the same age range. Eye gaze and gestures were the main features distinguishing the similar events. The same developmental effect was observed, with only the older children showing learning of both types of verbs and the younger children being impeded by the appearance of the actions. The results show that by the middle of the 2nd year, children begin to consider intentions-in-action when acquiring the meaning of novel action verbs.
PMID : 11806694 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Diane | Poulin-Dubois | D |
| James N | Forbes | JN |
Affiliation: Centre for Research in Human Development/Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. dpoulin@vax2.concordia.ca
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