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Learning to generalise but not segment an artificial language at 17 months predicts children’s language skills 3 years later

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Learning to generalise but not segment an artificial language at 17 months predicts children’s language skills 3 years later. / Monaghan, Padraic; Donnelly, Seamus; Alcock, Katie et al.
In: Cognitive Psychology, Vol. 147, No. 101607, 101607, 31.12.2023.

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Monaghan, P, Donnelly, S, Alcock, K, Bidgood, A, Cain, K, Durrant, S, Frost, R, Jago, L, Peter, M, Pine, JM, Turnbull, H & Rowland, C 2023, 'Learning to generalise but not segment an artificial language at 17 months predicts children’s language skills 3 years later', Cognitive Psychology, vol. 147, no. 101607, 101607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2023.101607

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Monaghan, P., Donnelly, S., Alcock, K., Bidgood, A., Cain, K., Durrant, S., Frost, R., Jago, L., Peter, M., Pine, J. M., Turnbull, H., & Rowland, C. (2023). Learning to generalise but not segment an artificial language at 17 months predicts children’s language skills 3 years later. Cognitive Psychology, 147(101607), Article 101607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2023.101607

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Monaghan P, Donnelly S, Alcock K, Bidgood A, Cain K, Durrant S et al. Learning to generalise but not segment an artificial language at 17 months predicts children’s language skills 3 years later. Cognitive Psychology. 2023 Dec 31;147(101607):101607. Epub 2023 Oct 7. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2023.101607

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Monaghan, Padraic ; Donnelly, Seamus ; Alcock, Katie et al. / Learning to generalise but not segment an artificial language at 17 months predicts children’s language skills 3 years later. In: Cognitive Psychology. 2023 ; Vol. 147, No. 101607.

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title = "Learning to generalise but not segment an artificial language at 17 months predicts children{\textquoteright}s language skills 3 years later",
abstract = "We investigated whether learning an artificial language at 17 months was predictive of children{\textquoteright}s natural language vocabulary and grammar skills at 54 months. Children at 17 months listened to an artificial language containing non-adjacent dependencies, and were then tested on their learning to segment and to generalise the structure of the language. At 54 months, children were then tested on a range of standardised natural language tasks that assessed receptive and expressive vocabulary and grammar. A structural equation model demonstrated that learning the artificial language generalisation at 17 months predicted language abilities – a composite of vocabulary and grammar skills – at 54 months, whereas artificial language segmentation at 17 months did not predict language abilities at this age. Artificial language learning tasks – especially those that probe grammar learning – provide a valuable tool for uncovering the mechanisms driving children{\textquoteright}s early language development.",
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