Currently, production and comprehension are regarded as quite distinct in accounts of
language processing. In rejecting this dichotomy, we instead assert that producing and …

Considerable research indicates that learners are sensitive to probabilistic structure in
laboratory studies of artificial language learning. However, the artificial and simplified nature …

Learn How to Use Growth Curve Analysis with Your Time Course Data An increasingly
prominent statistical tool in the behavioral sciences, multilevel regression offers a statistical …

Written by a team of leading experts working in different SLA specialisms, this fourth edition
is a clear and concise introduction to the main theories of second language acquisition …

Although statistical learning and language have been assumed to be intertwined, this
theoretical presupposition has rarely been tested empirically. The present study investigates …

Fundamental learning abilities related to the implicit encoding of sequential structure have
been postulated to underlie language acquisition and processing. However, there is very …

The extraction of patterns in the environment plays a critical role in many types of human
learning, from motor skills to language acquisition. This process is known as statistical …

The term statistical learning in infancy research originally referred to sensitivity to transitional
probabilities. Subsequent research has demonstrated that statistical learning contributes to …

Statistical learning is a key concept in our understanding of language acquisition. Ample
work has highlighted its role in numerous linguistic functions—yet statistical learning is not a …

We constantly use implicit knowledge in everyday action and perception. The father who
tries to teach his child to ride a bicycle immediately realises that, despite riding to work every …