Although an abundant literature documents preliterate children's word learning success from
shared storybook reading, a full synthesis of the factors which moderate these word learning …

The standard systems consolidation account posits that recently formed memories are
initially dependent on the hippocampus and only gradually become instantiated in …

Purpose The aim of this study was to determine whether the word-learning challenges
associated with developmental language disorder (DLD) result from encoding or retention …

Purpose Researchers in the cognitive sciences have identified several key training
strategies that support good encoding and retention of target information. These strategies …

Previous research indicates learning words facilitates categorisation. The current study
explores how categorisation affects word learning. In the current study, we investigated …

A critical question about the nature of human learning is whether it is an all-or-none or a
gradual, accumulative process. Associative and statistical theories of word learning rely …

In order to successfully acquire a new word, young children must learn the correct
associations between labels and their referents. For decades, word-learning researchers …

Dieser Band bietet Studierenden der Pädagogik und Linguistik eine Einführung in den
frühen Spracherwerb. Er stellt die aktuellen Debatten zur Sprachentwicklung vor, führt in die …

The human cortex can accommodate overlapping semantic information, such as synonyms,
homonyms, or overlapping concepts. However, neuronal models of cortical networks predict …

Children learn words in a social environment, facilitated in part by social cues from
caregivers, such as eye‐gaze and gesture. A common assumption is that social cues convey …