TY - JOUR
T1 - Visual Sequence Learning in Infancy
T2 - Domain-General and Domain-Specific Associations With Language
AU - Shafto, Carissa L.
AU - Conway, Christopher M.
AU - Field, Suzanne L.
AU - Houston, Derek M.
PY - 2012/5
Y1 - 2012/5
N2 - Research suggests that nonlinguistic sequence learning abilities are an important contributor to language development (Conway, Bauernschmidt, Huang, & Pisoni, 2010). The current study investigated visual sequence learning (VSL) as a possible predictor of vocabulary development in infants. Fifty-eight 8.5-month-old infants were presented with a three-location spatiotemporal sequence of multicolored geometric shapes. Early language skills were assessed using the MacArthur-Bates CDI. Analyses of children's reaction times to the stimuli suggest that the extent to which infants demonstrated learning was significantly correlated with their vocabulary comprehension at the time of test and with their gestural comprehension abilities 5months later. These findings suggest that VSL may have both domain-general and domain-specific associations with language learning.
AB - Research suggests that nonlinguistic sequence learning abilities are an important contributor to language development (Conway, Bauernschmidt, Huang, & Pisoni, 2010). The current study investigated visual sequence learning (VSL) as a possible predictor of vocabulary development in infants. Fifty-eight 8.5-month-old infants were presented with a three-location spatiotemporal sequence of multicolored geometric shapes. Early language skills were assessed using the MacArthur-Bates CDI. Analyses of children's reaction times to the stimuli suggest that the extent to which infants demonstrated learning was significantly correlated with their vocabulary comprehension at the time of test and with their gestural comprehension abilities 5months later. These findings suggest that VSL may have both domain-general and domain-specific associations with language learning.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1532-7078.2011.00085.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1532-7078.2011.00085.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 22523477
AN - SCOPUS:84859481551
SN - 1525-0008
VL - 17
SP - 247
EP - 271
JO - Infancy
JF - Infancy
IS - 3
ER -