Publication of the Month:

Twelve-month-olds learn word-object associations differing only in
stress patterns. Journal of Child Language, 36 (5), 1157-1165.

Suzanne Curtin

Infants at 1 ; 2 demonstrate difficulty in accessing subtle phonetic information about newly learned word–object pairings (Stager & Werker, 1997). In this study, we examined whether or not infants can access subtle prosodic information such as lexical stress in a word learning task. We tested infants younger than 1 ; 2 to see if they could learn two new word–object associations that differ only in stress pattern (Sww versus wSw).

Department News:

Cognitive Sciences Seminar Meeting:
The CSS meets Thursdays during the fall semester from 12:30-1:30 in A247B.  This week Dr. Jeff Caird will be giving a talk titled “Cognition in the Healthcare Wild: What Doctors and Nurses Say and Do in Simulated Medical Emergencies”. All interested faculty and students are encouraged to attend. 

Social Psychology and Social Development Meeting:
Our next Social Psychology and Social Development (SPSD) meeting will be held on Thursday, November 19th, from 9:30am to 11:00am in Admin 247B.  At this meeting, Jen Eeson will be talking about “Does Culture Affect How We Process Faces?” All are welcome to attend.

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