How children generalize novel nouns: An eye-tracking analysis of their generalization strategies.

ABSTRACT: Recent research has shown that comparisons of multiple learning stimuli which are associated with the same novel noun favor taxonomic generalization of this noun. These findings contrast with single-stimulus learning in which children follow so-called lexical biases. However, little is known about the underlying search strategies. The present experiment provides an eye-tracking analysis of search strategies during novel word learning in a comparison design. We manipulated both the conceptual distance between the two learning items, i.e., children saw examples which were associated with a noun (e.g., the two learning items were either two bracelets in a "close" comparison condition or a bracelet and a watch in a "far" comparison condition), and the conceptual distance between the learning i

SUBMITTER: Stansbury E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10990231 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature