Language-mediated visual attention in toddlers

Thesis

Language plays an important role in driving visual attention. The aim of this thesis is to gain a better understanding of how language may mediate visual attention in toddlers, who begin to learn about the world through language communication. In Part I of the thesis, I examine the time course and order in which different types of stored linguistic representations are activated during spoken-word recognition. In Experiments 1–4, I demonstrate that the four-picture adult visual world paradi...

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Authors: Chow, J

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-erzgqax7a
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: growth curve analysis; semantics; selective attention; language development; Infant; visual world paradigm; phonology; eye-tracking
• Subjects: Experimental Psychology; Differentiation (Developmental psychology)