The ability to recognize and generalize abstract information in rule-like patterns is termed Rule Learning and is available from 7 months of age. Although some studies suggest the RL is domain-specific to language, others suggest that it is not specific to language and that the familiarity of the stimuli matters more than whether the input is linguistic or non-linguistic. The present study investigated 7-month-olds' Rule Learning using one of the most salient and familiar visual stimulus category available in infants' environment, that is faces. Findings support the idea that familiarity of the stimulus modulates infants' ability to extract abstract relations.

Brenna, V., Bulf, H., Valenza, E., Turati, C. (2014). Tanti volti, una sequenza: l'apprendimento di una regola astratta a 7 mesi di vita [Many faces, a single rule: Abstract rule learning at 7 months of age]. GIORNALE ITALIANO DI PSICOLOGIA, 41(3), 591-599 [10.1421/78504].

Tanti volti, una sequenza: l'apprendimento di una regola astratta a 7 mesi di vita [Many faces, a single rule: Abstract rule learning at 7 months of age]

BULF, HERMANN SERGIO;TURATI, CHIARA
2014

Abstract

The ability to recognize and generalize abstract information in rule-like patterns is termed Rule Learning and is available from 7 months of age. Although some studies suggest the RL is domain-specific to language, others suggest that it is not specific to language and that the familiarity of the stimuli matters more than whether the input is linguistic or non-linguistic. The present study investigated 7-month-olds' Rule Learning using one of the most salient and familiar visual stimulus category available in infants' environment, that is faces. Findings support the idea that familiarity of the stimulus modulates infants' ability to extract abstract relations.
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rule learning, face processing, infants
Italian
2014
41
3
591
599
none
Brenna, V., Bulf, H., Valenza, E., Turati, C. (2014). Tanti volti, una sequenza: l'apprendimento di una regola astratta a 7 mesi di vita [Many faces, a single rule: Abstract rule learning at 7 months of age]. GIORNALE ITALIANO DI PSICOLOGIA, 41(3), 591-599 [10.1421/78504].
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