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Novel labels support 10-month-olds' attention to novel objects.
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What is the source of the mutual exclusivity bias whereby infants map novel labels onto novel objects? In an intermodal preferential looking task, we found that novel labels support 10-month-olds' attention to a novel object over a familiar object. In contrast, familiar labels and a neutral phrase gradually reduced attention to a novel object. Markman (1989, 1990) argued that infants must recall the name of a familiar object to exclude it as the referent of a novel label. We argue that 10-mon...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Journal of experimental child psychology
- Volume:
- 105
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 232-242
- Publication date:
- 2010-03-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1096-0457
- ISSN:
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0022-0965
- Source identifiers:
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21399
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- English
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- pubs:21399
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- 2012-12-19
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- 2010
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