PLEASE NOTE: This talk will take place in a DIFFERENT VENUE than usual.
The talk will start promptly at 5 PM.
The next talk in the CDC Seminar series will be given by:
Scott Johnson, UCLA
Date: Wednesday, July 4, 2012, 5 PM
Location: Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Frankel Leó út, room
303, 3rd floor
Constraints on Visual Statistical Learning in Infancy
Abstract: Statistical learning is the process of identifying patterns of
probabilistic co-occurrence among stimulus features, essential to our
ability to perceive the world as predictable and stable. Research on
auditory statistical learning has revealed that infants use statistical
properties of linguistic input to discover structure, including sound
patterns, words, and the beginnings of grammar, that may facilitate
language acquisition. Previous research on visual statistical learning
revealed abilities to discriminate probabilities in visual sequences,
leading to claims of a domain-general learning device that is available
early in life, perhaps at birth. More recent research, however,
challenges this view. Visual statistical learning appears to be
constrained by limits in infants' attention and memory, raising the
possibility that statistical learning, like rule learning, may be best
characterized as domain-specific. Implications for theories of
cognitive development will be discussed.
Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Cognitive Development Center
Central European University
Hattyú utca 14, 1015 Budapest, Hungary
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