Many experimental research designs require images of novel objects. Here we introduce the
Novel Object and Unusual Name (NOUN) Database. This database contains 64 primary …

When a toddler knows a word, what does she actually know? Many categories have multiple
relevant properties; for example, shape and color are relevant to membership in the …

Although young children can map a novel name to a novel object, it remains unclear what
they actually remember about objects when they initially make such a name–object …

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 …

We investigate the function bias—generalising words to objects with the same function—in
typically develo** (TD) children, children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Sara Miller McCune founded SAGE Publishing in 1965 to
support the dissemination of usable knowledge and educate a global community. SAGE …

Two-year-olds typically extend labels of novel objects by the objects' shape (shape bias),
whereas adults do so by the objects' function. Is this because shape is conceptually easier to …

Infants rapidly learn both linguistic and nonlinguistic representations of their environment
and begin to link these from around 6 months. While there is an increasing body of evidence …

We compared short-and long-term retention of fast mapped color, shape, and texture words
as well as object labels. In an exposure session, 354 3-and 4-year-old children were shown …

Children develop in a real, messy world in which learning unfolds through time and space
shared with others. Understanding how children develop in this complex environment will …