Examining the Role of Attention and Intention in Two-year-olds’ Acquisition of Novel Words

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dc.contributor.authorGraham, Susan
dc.contributor.authorNilsen, Elizabeth S.
dc.contributor.authorFriesen, Chris Kelland
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Jennie
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-23T15:29:13Z
dc.date.available2020-04-23T15:29:13Z
dc.date.issued2011-09
dc.description.abstractPrevious studies have demonstrated that infants will use an adult’s eye-gaze direction to identify the intended referent of a novel word (e.g., Baldwin, 1991). Here we examine the possibility that eye-gaze may be triggering attention to an object because of the directional nature of eye-gaze itself. In the first study, we demonstrated that 24-month-olds mapped a novel word to a novel object that had appeared at the location cued by a non-referential cue (i.e., flashing lights). The results of the second study, however, suggest that gaze direction cues do not operate in a similar fashion to non-referential cues. That is, while cueing a specific object with a gaze direction cue led infants to map a novel word to that object, cueing an object location with gaze direction did not result in meaningful word learning. These findings suggest that infants view gaze direction as a marker of intentionality.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGraham, S. A., Nilsen, E. S., Friesen, C. K., & Johnson, J. (2011). Examining the Role of Attention and Intention in Two-year-olds’ Acquisition of Novel Words. "Enfance", no 3 (2011). 311-328. http://dx.doi.org/10.4074/S0013754511003041en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.4074/S0013754511003041en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/111862
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.language.isofreen_US
dc.publisherEnfanceen_US
dc.publisher.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.hasversionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Waterlooen_US
dc.publisher.institutionNorth Dakota State Universityen_US
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dc.titleExamining the Role of Attention and Intention in Two-year-olds’ Acquisition of Novel Wordsen_US
dc.typejournal articleen_US
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