TY - JOUR
T1 - Lexical Processing of Nouns and Verbs at 36 Months of Age Predicts Concurrent and Later Vocabulary and School Readiness
AU - Koenig, Ashley
AU - Arunachalam, Sudha
AU - Saudino, Kimberly J.
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to the families who participated in this study and to Haruka Konishi, Aimee Stahl, Roberta Golinkoff, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek for sharing their visual stimuli. This research was supported by NIH grants R01HD068435 and R01DC016592. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [R01HD068435]; National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders [R01DC016592]. We are grateful to the families who participated in this study and to Haruka Konishi, Aimee Stahl, Roberta Golinkoff, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek for sharing their visual stimuli. This research was supported by NIH grants R01HD068435 and R01DC016592. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
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© 2020 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2020/10/19
Y1 - 2020/10/19
N2 - Children’s lexical processing speed at 18 to 25 months of age has been linked to concurrent and later language abilities. In the current study, we extend this finding to children aged 36 months. Children (N = 126) participated in a lexical processing task in which they viewed two static images on noun trials (e.g., an ear of corn and a hat), or two dynamic video clips on verb trials (e.g., a woman stretching and the same woman clapping), and heard an auditory prompt labeling one of them (e.g., “Where is she stretching?”). They also participated in standard assessments of language and school readiness. The results indicated that lexical processing speed (i.e., how long they required to look to the labeled image or scene) was associated with measures of concurrent receptive vocabulary, as well as receptive vocabulary and school readiness two years later, although the associations are weaker than for younger children.
AB - Children’s lexical processing speed at 18 to 25 months of age has been linked to concurrent and later language abilities. In the current study, we extend this finding to children aged 36 months. Children (N = 126) participated in a lexical processing task in which they viewed two static images on noun trials (e.g., an ear of corn and a hat), or two dynamic video clips on verb trials (e.g., a woman stretching and the same woman clapping), and heard an auditory prompt labeling one of them (e.g., “Where is she stretching?”). They also participated in standard assessments of language and school readiness. The results indicated that lexical processing speed (i.e., how long they required to look to the labeled image or scene) was associated with measures of concurrent receptive vocabulary, as well as receptive vocabulary and school readiness two years later, although the associations are weaker than for younger children.
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U2 - 10.1080/15248372.2020.1802277
DO - 10.1080/15248372.2020.1802277
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85089921495
SN - 1524-8372
VL - 21
SP - 670
EP - 689
JO - Journal of Cognition and Development
JF - Journal of Cognition and Development
IS - 5
ER -