Professor Kevin Riggs K.Riggs@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Psychology
Parallels between action-object mapping and word-object mapping in young children
Riggs, Kevin J.; Mather, Emily; Hyde, Grace; Simpson, Andrew
Authors
Dr Emily Mather Emily.Mather@hull.ac.uk
Lecturer in Psychology
Grace Hyde
Andrew Simpson
Abstract
© 2016 Cognitive Science Society, Inc. Across a series of four experiments with 3- to 4-year-olds we demonstrate how cognitive mechanisms supporting noun learning extend to the mapping of actions to objects. In Experiment 1 (n = 61) the demonstration of a novel action led children to select a novel, rather than a familiar object. In Experiment 2 (n = 78) children exhibited long-term retention of novel action-object mappings and extended these actions to other category members. In Experiment 3 (n = 60) we showed that children formed an accurate sensorimotor record of the novel action. In Experiment 4 (n = 54) we demonstrate limits on the types of actions mapped to novel objects. Overall these data suggest that certain aspects of noun mapping share common processing with action mapping and support a domain-general account of word learning.
Citation
Riggs, K. J., Mather, E., Hyde, G., & Simpson, A. (2016). Parallels between action-object mapping and word-object mapping in young children. Cognitive science, 40(4), 992-1006. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12262
Acceptance Date | Mar 27, 2015 |
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Online Publication Date | Jun 25, 2015 |
Publication Date | 2016-05 |
Deposit Date | Apr 15, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 25, 2015 |
Journal | Cognitive science |
Print ISSN | 0364-0213 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 40 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 992-1006 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12262 |
Keywords | Fast mapping; Actions; Language; Word learning |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/372495 |
Publisher URL | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cogs.12262/abstract |
Additional Information | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Riggs, K. J., Mather, E., Hyde, G. and Simpson, A. (2016), Parallels Between Action-Object Mapping and Word-Object Mapping in Young Children. Cognitive Science, 40: 992–1006. doi: 10.1111/cogs.12262, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cogs.12262/abstract. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving. |
Contract Date | Apr 15, 2015 |
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