Statistical language-learning, the capacity to extract regularities from a continuous speech
stream, arguably involves the ability to segment the stream before the discrete constituents …

The purpose of this meta-analytic review is to investigate the relation between statistical
learning (SL) and language-related outcomes, and between SL and reading-related …

The statistical account of language acquisition asserts that language is learned through
computations on the statistical regularities present in natural languages. This type of account …

Adults often encounter difficulty perceiving and processing sounds of a second language
(L2). In order to acquire word-meaning mappings, learners need to determine what the …

The ability to discover regularities in the environment, such as syllable patterns in speech, is
known as statistical learning. Previous studies have shown that statistical learning is …

Recent work shows that ambient exposure in everyday situations can yield implicit
knowledge of a language that an observer does not speak. We replicate and extend this …

Perceptual awareness in infants during the first year of life is understudied, despite the
philosophical, scientific, and clinical importance of understanding how and when …

Why do children learn language more easily than adults do? This puzzle has fascinated
cognitive and language scientists for decades. In the present letter, we approach the …

Despite the widely held belief that individual differences in statistical learning (SL) abilities
are associated with linguistic skills, research has produced mixed results. To provide a …

Identifying wordlike units in language is typically done by applying a battery of criteria,
though how to weight these criteria with respect to one another is currently unknown. We …