Why would a special FM process exist in adults, when it does not appear to exist in children?

O’Connor, Richard J.; Lindsay, Shane; Mather, Emily; Riggs, Kevin J.

Abstract

Cooper Greve, and Henson (this issue)  caution restraint before accepting that a fast mapping (FM) process exists in adults. We welcome this, but would also add that the original rationale for studying FM in adults is not currently supported by developmental research. Despite the claims of several adult FM researchers, there is little evidence from developmental word learning research for a special hippocampus-independent FM process critical for children’s word learning.

• Journal Article Type: Commentary
• Publication Date: Feb 4, 2019
• Journal: Cognitive Neuroscience
• Print ISSN: 1758-8928
• Electronic ISSN: 1758-8936
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 221-222
• APA6 Citation: O’Connor, R. J., Lindsay, S., Mather, E., & Riggs, K. J. (2019). Why would a special FM process exist in adults, when it does not appear to exist in children?. Cognitive neuroscience, 10(4), 221-222. https://doi.org/10.1080/17588928.2019.1574260
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17588928.2019.1574260
• Keywords: Fast mapping; Hippocampus; Word learning; Memory
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17588928.2019.1574260
• Additional Information: This is the accepted manuscript of an article published in Cognitive neuroscience, 2019. The version of record is available at the DOI link in this record.