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..

doi:10.1080/17588928.2019.1574260

Authors

Dr Richard O'Connor Richard.OConnor@hull.ac.uk
Lecturer in Psychology

Dr Shane Lindsay S.Lindsay@hull.ac.uk
Lecturer in Psychology

Dr Emily Mather Emily.Mather@hull.ac.uk
Lecturer in Psychology

Dr Kevin Riggs K.Riggs@hull.ac.uk
Reader

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
Institution 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, 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.