Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: The brain has a powerful capacity for statistical learning-an ability to detect statistical regularities in the environment in order to make predictions and guide behaviour-often without conscious awareness.It has been claimed that statistical learning plays a key role in a range of everyday perceptual and cognitive processes including those associated with language.There is demonstration that both spoken and written forms of natural language contain a rich statistical structure and there is demonstration that artificial languages are easier to learn when they contain statistical regularities.And yet, to date, there is very little empirical data showing a direct link between a capacity for statistical learning and proficiency with natural language.Here we report on a study of visual statistical learning that provides two important insights in the quest for such empirical evidence: this capacity follows a developmental trajectory in typically developing children, and it is correlated with reading ability.
Authors: Joanne Arciuli, Ian C. Simpson
Institution: The University of Sydney
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2290622421