Statistical learning is a fundamental component of language acquisition, yet to date,
relatively few studies have examined whether these abilities differ in bilinguals. In the …

Cross‐situational statistical learning of words involves tracking co‐occurrences of auditory
words and objects across time to infer word‐referent mappings. Previous research has …

Three experiments investigated competition between word–object pairings in a cross-
situational word-learning paradigm. Adults were presented with One-Word pairings, where a …

The “shape bias” describes the phenomenon that, after a certain point in development,
children and adults generalize object categories based on shape to a greater degree than …

It 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 …

Assessing word learning methods has important implications for classroom settings and
developing language learning programs. Previous research has shown that adults can learn …

The current thesis examined individual differences that can impact on the disambiguation
and learning of novel word meanings, focusing on the effects of shyness, defined as an …

Statistical learning is a fundamental component of language acquisition, yet to date,
relatively few studies have examined whether these abilities differ in bilinguals, especially …