The role of gaze direction and mutual exclusivity in guiding 24-month-olds' word mappings

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dc.contributor.authorGraham, Susan
dc.contributor.authorNilsen, Elizabeth S.
dc.contributor.authorCollins, Sarah J.
dc.contributor.authorOlineck, Kara M.
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-23T14:22:19Z
dc.date.available2020-04-23T14:22:19Z
dc.date.issued2010-06
dc.description.abstractIn these studies, we examined how a default assumption about word meaning, the mutual exclusivity assumption and an intentional cue, gaze direction, interacted to guide 24-month-olds' object-word mappings. In Expt 1, when the experimenter's gaze was consistent with the mutual exclusivity assumption, novel word mappings were facilitated. When the experimenter's eye-gaze was in conflict with the mutual exclusivity cue, children demonstrated a tendency to rely on the mutual exclusivity assumption rather than follow the experimenter's gaze to map the label to the object. In Expt 2, children relied on the experimenter's gaze direction to successfully map both a first label to a novel object and a second label to a familiar object. Moreover, infants mapped second labels to familiar objects to the same degree that they mapped first labels to novel objects. These findings are discussed with regard to children's use of convergent and divergent cues in indirect word mapping contexts.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGraham, S. A., Nilsen, E. S., Collins, S. J., & Olineck, K. M. (2010). The role of gaze direction and mutual exclusivity in guiding 24-month-olds' word mappings. "British Journal of Developmental Psychology", (2010), 28, 449-465. http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/026151009x424565en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1348/026151009x424565en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/111861
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBritish Psychological Society : British Journal of Developmental Psychologyen_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.institutionConcordia Universityen_US
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dc.titleThe role of gaze direction and mutual exclusivity in guiding 24-month-olds' word mappingsen_US
dc.typejournal articleen_US
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