| Nine-month-old infants generalize object labels, but not object preferences across individuals. | |
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PMID: 22925512 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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As with all culturally relevant human behaviours, words are meaningful because they are shared by the members of a community. This research investigates whether 9-month-old infants understand this fundamental fact about language. Experiment 1 examined whether infants who are trained on, and subsequently habituated to, a new word-referent link expect the link to be consistent across a second speaker. Experiment 2 examined whether 9-month-old infants distinguish between behaviours that are shared across individuals (i.e. words) from those that are not (i.e. object preferences). The present findings indicate that infants as young as 9 months of age expect new word-referent links, but not object preferences, to be consistent across individuals. Thus, by 9 months, infants have identified at least one of the aspects of human behaviour that is shared across individuals within a community. The implications for children's acquisition of language and culture are discussed. |
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Authors:
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Annette M E Henderson; Amanda L Woodward |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2012-06-11 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Developmental science Volume: 15 ISSN: 1467-7687 ISO Abbreviation: Dev Sci Publication Date: 2012 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2012-08-28 Completed Date: 2013-02-08 Revised Date: 2013-04-16 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9814574 Medline TA: Dev Sci Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 641-52 Citation Subset: IM |
Copyright Information:
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© 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
Affiliation:
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Department of Psychology, The University of Auckland, New Zealand. a.henderson@auckland.ac.nz |
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Behavior Concept Formation* Culture Female Habituation, Psychophysiologic Humans Infant Language Language Development* Male |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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R01-HD035707A/HD/NICHD NIH HHS |
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