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Download fileChildren's referent selection and word learning: insights from a developmental robotic system
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posted on 2023-06-12, 06:37 authored by Katherine E Twomey, Anothony F Morse, Angelo Cangelosi, Jessica HorstJessica HorstIt is well-established that toddlers can correctly select a novel referent from an ambiguous array in response to a novel label. There is also a growing consensus that robust word learning requires repeated label-object encounters. However, the effect of the context in which a novel object is encountered is less well-understood. We present two embodied neural network replications of recent empirical tasks which demonstrated that the context in which a target object is encountered is fundamental to referent selection and word learning. Our model offers an explicit account of the bottom-up associative and embodied mechanisms which could support children’s early word learning and emphasises the importance of viewing behaviour as the interaction of learning at multiple timescales.
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Journal
Interaction StudiesISSN
1572-0373Publisher
John Benjamins PublishingExternal DOI
Issue
1Volume
17Page range
101-127Department affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
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