title: Examining the role of social cues in early word learning.
abstract: Infants watched a video of an adult pointing towards two different objects while hearing novel labels. Analyses indicated that 14- and 18-month-olds looked longer at the target object, but only 18-month-olds showed word learning. The results suggest that different types of social cues are available at different ages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, USA. abriga2@tigers.lsu.edu
authors.forename: Alicia M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Briganti
authors.forename: Leslie B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002657:Child Development; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007804:Language Development; D008297:Male; D012931:Social Environment; D014706:Verbal Learning; D014825:Vocabulary