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CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 17, Issue 3, Pages 229-232Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2008.00580.x
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word learning; infant; word recognition; talker variability; generalization
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This article summarizes recent findings on infant word learning and recognition. Infants initially store very detailed representations of words, including details that are not truly necessary for word recognition. As they are exposed to more varied productions of words, they develop more sophisticated knowledge about which details are important, and streamline their representations, allowing them to better recognize words across different contexts, speakers, and environments.
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