ICPS

2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019

Early Knowledge of Small Number Word Meanings in Toddlers

Paris, France · March 2019

Posters · Cognitive Science

  • Anna Shusterman
    Wesleyan University
  • Pierina Cheung
    National Institute of Education
  • Katherine Wagner
    UCSD
  • David Barner
    University of California San Diego

Abstract

We use looking-time methods, including preferential looking and violation of expectation, to investigate number word knowledge in English-speaking toddlers ages 18 to 30 months. Such methods are potentially more sensitive to children's early knowledge than standardly used behavioral tasks.

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