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T1 - Testing the limits of non-adjacent dependency learning
T2 - 41st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
AU - Frost, Rebecca
AU - Isbilen, Erin
AU - Christiansen, M H
AU - Monaghan, Padraic
N1 - Conference code: 41st
PY - 2019/7/24
Y1 - 2019/7/24
N2 - Achieving linguistic proficiency requires identifying words from speech, and discovering the constraints that govern the way those words are used. In a recent study of non-adjacent dependency learning, Frost and Monaghan (2016) demonstrated that learners may perform these tasks together, using similar statistical processes — contrary to prior suggestions. However, in their study, non-adjacent dependencies were marked by phonological cues (plosive- continuant-plosive structure), which may have influenced learning. Here, we test the necessity of these cues by comparing learning across three conditions; fixed phonology, which contains these cues, varied phonology, which omits them, and shapes, which uses visual shape sequences to assess the generality of statistical processing for these tasks. Participants segmented the sequences and generalized the structure in both auditory conditions, but learning was best when phonological cues were present. Learning was around chance on both tasks for the visual shapes group, indicating statistical processing may critically differ across domains.
AB - Achieving linguistic proficiency requires identifying words from speech, and discovering the constraints that govern the way those words are used. In a recent study of non-adjacent dependency learning, Frost and Monaghan (2016) demonstrated that learners may perform these tasks together, using similar statistical processes — contrary to prior suggestions. However, in their study, non-adjacent dependencies were marked by phonological cues (plosive- continuant-plosive structure), which may have influenced learning. Here, we test the necessity of these cues by comparing learning across three conditions; fixed phonology, which contains these cues, varied phonology, which omits them, and shapes, which uses visual shape sequences to assess the generality of statistical processing for these tasks. Participants segmented the sequences and generalized the structure in both auditory conditions, but learning was best when phonological cues were present. Learning was around chance on both tasks for the visual shapes group, indicating statistical processing may critically differ across domains.
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
SP - 1787
EP - 1793
BT - Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
PB - Cognitive Science Society
Y2 - 24 July 2019 through 27 July 2019
ER -