Can language do the driving? The effect of linguistic input on infants' categorization of support spatial relations
Can language do the driving? The effect of linguistic input on infants' categorization of support spatial relations
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DOI：
10.1037/0012-1649.41.1.183
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发表时间：
2005-01-01
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4
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Casasola, M
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作者：
Casasola, M
两个实验探讨了语言输入对18个月Olds形成支持的抽象分类表示能力的影响。婴儿被习惯于4个支持事件（即一个将14个物体放在另一个物体上），并通过新颖的支撑和新颖的遏制事件进行了测试。婴儿在习惯期间听到“ on”一词时，构成了一个抽象类别的支持类别（即，在小说中比熟悉的关系更长），而在观看沉默中的事件（实验1）或听到一般短语或一个新颖的单词时，则却没有（实验2）。结果表明，熟悉的单词可以促进婴儿对抽象空间类别的形成。导致他们形成一个在没有这个词的情况下不会形成的类别。
Two experiments explored the effect of linguistic input on 18-month olds' ability to form an abstract categorical representation of support. Infants were habituated to 4 support events (i.e.. one object placed 14 on another) and were tested with a novel support and a novel containment event. Infants formed an abstract category of support (i.e.. looked significantly longer at the novel than familiar relation) when hearing the word "on" during habituation but not when viewing the events in silence (Experiment 1) or when hearing general phrases or a novel word (Experiment 2). Results indicate that a familiar word can facilitate infants' formation of an abstract spatial category. leading them to form a category that they do not form in the absence of the word.