How variability shapes learning and generalization

L Raviv, G Lupyan, SC Green - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2022 - cell.com
Learning is using past experiences to inform new behaviors and actions. Because all
experiences are unique, learning always requires some generalization. An effective way of …

Input and language development in bilingually develo** children

E Hoff, C Core - Seminars in speech and language, 2013 - thieme-connect.com
Language skills in young bilingual children are highly varied as a result of the variability in
their language experiences, making it difficult for speech-language pathologists to …

Properties of dual language exposure that influence 2‐year‐olds' bilingual proficiency

S Place, E Hoff - Child development, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The mothers of 29 Spanish English bilingual 25‐month‐olds kept diary records of their
children's dual language exposure and provided information on their children's English and …

Variability in the language input to children enhances learning in a treatment context

E Plante, T Ogilvie, R Vance, JM Aguilar… - American Journal of …, 2014 - ASHA
Purpose Artificial language learning studies have demonstrated that learners exposed to
many different nonword combinations representing a grammatical form demonstrate rapid …

Learning without trying: The clinical relevance of statistical learning

E Plante, RL Gómez - Language, speech, and hearing services in schools, 2018 - ASHA
Purpose Statistical learning research seeks to identify the means by which learners, with
little perceived effort, acquire the complexities of language. In the past 50 years, numerous …

Lexical and phonological effects in early word production

AV Sosa, C Stoel-Gammon - 2012 - ASHA
Purpose This study examines the influence of word frequency, phonological neighborhood
density (PND), age of acquisition (AoA), and phonotactic probability on production variability …

What children with developmental language disorder teach us about cross‐situational word learning

KK McGregor, E Smolak, M Jones, J Oleson… - Cognitive …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) served as a test case for determining
the role of extant vocabulary knowledge, endogenous attention, and phonological working …

Predicting bilingual preschoolers' patterns of language development: Degree of non-native input matters

S Unsworth, S Brouwer, E De Bree… - Applied …, 2019 - cambridge.org
While numerous studies have recently shown that variation in input quantity predicts
children's rate of acquisition across a range of language skills, comparatively little is known …

The relationship between word learning and executive function in preschoolers with and without developmental language disorder

LL Kapa, JA Erikson - Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020 - ASHA
Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between executive
functioning and word learning among preschoolers with and without developmental …

[HTML][HTML] App-based morphological training produces lasting effects on word knowledge in primary school children: A randomized controlled trial.

JK Torkildsen, SS Bratlie, JK Kristensen… - Journal of …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Morphemes, the smallest meaning-bearing units of language, recur in many words.
Therefore, morphological knowledge can facilitate the comprehension of novel words. This …