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• 2024

  Examining the incremental process of word learning: Word-form exposure and retention of new word-referent mappings

  Kucker, S. C., McMurray, B. & Samuelson, L. K., 29 Aug 2024, In: Language Development Research. 4, 1, p. 326-360 39 p.

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• 2023

  Formal theories clarify the complex: Generalizing a neural process account of the interaction of visual exploration and word learning in infancy

  Bhat, A. A., Samuelson, L. K. & Spencer, J. P., Nov 2023, In: Child Development. 94, 6, p. 1491-1510 20 p.

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• Late bloomer or language disorder? Differences in toddler vocabulary composition associated with long-term language outcomes

  Perry, L. K., Kucker, S. C., Horst, J. S. & Samuelson, L. K., Jul 2023, In: Developmental Science. 26, 4, e13342.

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• Vocabulary and automatic attention: The relation between novel words and gaze dynamics in noun generalization

  Bakopoulou, M., Lorenz, M. G., Forbes, S. H., Tremlin, R., Bates, J. & Samuelson, L. K., Nov 2023, In: Developmental Science. 26, 6, e13399.

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• 2022

  Word-Object Learning via Visual Exploration in Space (WOLVES): A neural process account of cross-situational word learning

  Bhat, A., Spencer, J. P. & Samuelson, L. K., 1 Jul 2022, In: Psychological Review. 129, 4, p. 640–695 56 p.

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• 2021

  Learning words in space and time: Contrasting models of the suspicious coincidence effect

  Jenkins, G. W., Samuelson, L., Penny, W. D. & Spencer, J., May 2021, In: Cognition. 210, 104576.

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• Towards a precision science of word learning: Understanding individual vocabulary pathways

  Samuelson, L. K., Jun 2021, In: Child Development Perspectives. 15, 2, p. 117-124 8 p.

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• 2020

  Sometimes it is better to know less: How known words influence referent selection and retention in 18 to 24-month-old children

  Kucker, S. C., McMurray, B. & Samuelson, L. K., Jan 2020, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 189, 104705.

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• 2019

  Beyond the Bayley: Neurocognitive assessments of development during infancy and toddlerhood

  Brito, N. H., Fifer, W. P., Amso, D., Barr, R., Bell, M. A., Calkins, S., Flynn, A., Montgomery-Downs, H. E., Oakes, L. M., Richards, J. E., Samuelson, L. M. & Colombo, J., Mar 2019, In: Developmental Neuropsychology. 44, 2, p. 220-247 28 p.

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• Empirical tests of a brain-based model of executive function development

  Perone, S., Plebanek, D. J., Lorenz, M. G., Spencer, J. P. & Samuelson, L. K., Jan 2019, In: Child Development. 90, 1, p. 210-226 17 p.

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• Reproducibility and a unifying explanation: Lessons from the shape bias

  Kucker, S. C., Samuelson, L. K., Perry, L. K., Yoshida, H., Colunga, E., Lorenz, M. G. & Smith, L. B., Feb 2019, In: Infant Behavior and Development. 54, p. 156-165 10 p.

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• 2018

  Too much of a good thing: How novelty biases and vocabulary influence known and novel referent selection in 18-month-old children and associative learning models

  Kucker, S. C., McMurray, B. & Samuelson, L. K., May 2018, In: Cognitive Science. 42, S2, p. 463-493 31 p.

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• 2017

  Moving word learning to a novel space: A dynamic systems view of referent selection and retention

  Samuelson, L. K., Kucker, S. C. & Spencer, J. P., Feb 2017, In: Cognitive Science. 41, S1, p. 52–72 21 p.

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• What does it take to learn a word?

  Samuelson, L. K. & McMurray, B., Nov 2017, In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Cognitive Science. 8, 1-2, e1421.

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• 2016

  Preschool children’s memory for word forms remains stable over several days, but gradually decreases after 6 months

  Gordon, K. R., McGregor, K. K., Waldier, B., Curran, M. K., Gomez, R. L. & Samuelson, L. K., 27 Sep 2016, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 7, 1439.

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• 2015

  Enhancing the executive functions of 3-year-olds in the Dimensional Change Card Sort task

  Perone, S., Molitor, S. J., Buss, A. T., Spencer, J. P. & Samuelson, L. K., 9 May 2015, In: Child Development. 86, 3, p. 812-827 16 p.

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• Grounding cognitive-level processes in behavior: the view from dynamic systems theory

  Samuelson, L. K., Jenkins, G. W. & Spencer, J. P., Apr 2015, In: Topics in Cognitive Science. 7, 2, p. 191-205 15 p.

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• Non-Bayesian noun generalization in 3- to 5-year-old children: Probing the role of prior knowledge in the suspicious coincidence effect

  Jenkins, G. W., Samuelson, L. K., Smith, J. R. & Spencer, J. P., Mar 2015, In: Cognitive Science. 39, 2, p. 268-306 39 p.

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• Slowing down fast mapping: Redefining the dynamics of word learning

  Kucker, S. C., McMurray, B. & Samuelson, L. K., 1 Jun 2015, In: Child Development Perspectives. 9, 2, p. 74-78 5 p.

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• 2014

  Highchair philosophers: The impact of seating context-dependent exploration on children's naming biases

  Perry, L. K., Samuelson, L. K. & Burdinie, J. B., Sep 2014, In: Developmental Science. 17, 5, p. 757-765 9 p.

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• 2012

  The first slow step: Differential effects of object and word-form familiarization on retention of fast-mapped words

  Kucker, S. C. & Samuelson, L. K., May 2012, In: Infancy. 17, 3, p. 295-323 29 p.

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• Word learning emerges from the interaction of online referent selection and slow associative learning

  McMurray, B., Horst, J. S. & Samuelson, L. K., Oct 2012, In: Psychological Review. 119, 4, p. 831-877 47 p.

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• 2011

  Abstract thinking in space and time: Using the environment to learn words

  Samuelson, L. K., Dec 2011, In: Cognition, Brain, Behavior. 15, 4, p. 571-581 11 p.

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• Building biases: Word learning as a developmental cascade

  Samuelson, L. K., Feb 2011, In: Psychological Science Agenda.

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• Come down from the clouds: Grounding Bayesian insights in developmental and behavioral processes

  Jenkins, G. W., Samuelson, L. K. & Spencer, J. P., Aug 2011, In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 34, 4, p. 204-206 3 p.

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• Grounding word learning in space

  Samuelson, L. K., Smith, L. B., Perry, L. K. & Spencer, J. P., 14 Dec 2011, In: PLoS One. 6, 12, e28095.

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• Learning words in space and time: Probing the mechanisms behind the suspicious-coincidence effect

  Spencer, J. P., Perone, S., Smith, L. B. & Samuelson, L. K., Aug 2011, In: Psychological Science. 22, 8, p. 1049-1057 9 p.

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• The shape of the vocabulary predicts the shape of the bias

  Perry, L. K. & Samuelson, L. K., 22 Nov 2011, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 2, 345.

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• What's new? Children prefer novelty in referent selection

  Horst, J. S., Samuelson, L. K., Kucker, S. C. & McMurray, B., Feb 2011, In: Cognition. 118, 2, p. 234-244 11 p.

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• 2010

  Biased feedback in spatial recall yields a violation of delta rule learning

  Lipinski, J., Spencer, J. P. & Samuelson, L. K., Aug 2010, In: Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. 17, 4, p. 581-588 8 p.

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• Corresponding delay-dependent biases in spatial language and spatial memory

  Lipinski, J., Spencer, J. P. & Samuelson, L. K., May 2010, In: Psychological Research. 74, 3, p. 337-351 15 p.

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• Learn locally, think globally: Exemplar variability supports higher-order generalization and word learning

  Perry, L. K., Samuelson, L. K., Malloy, L. M. & Schiffer, R. N., Dec 2010, In: Psychological Science. 21, 12, p. 1894-1902 9 p.

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• Rethinking Conceptually-Based Inference Commentary on "Fifteen-month-old infants attend to shape over other perceptual properties in an induction task," by S. Graham and G. Diesendruck, and "Form follows function: Learning about function helps children learn about shape," by E. Ware & A. Booth

  Samuelson, L. K. & Perone, S., Apr 2010, In: Cognitive Development. 25, 2, p. 138-148 11 p.

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• 2009

  A core principle of studying language acquisition: It's a developmental system

  Samuelson, L. K., May 2009, In: Developmental Science. 12, 3, p. 407-409 3 p.

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• Aligning body and world: Stable reference frames improve young children's search for hidden objects

  Perry, L. K., Samuelson, L. K. & Spencer, J. P., Apr 2009, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 102, 4, p. 445-455 11 p.

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• Seeing the world through a third eye: Developmental systems theory looks beyond the nativist-empiricist debate

  Spencer, J. P., Samuelson, L. K., Blumberg, M. S., McMurray, B., Robinson, S. R. & Tomblin, J. B., Aug 2009, In: Child Development Perspectives. 3, 2, p. 103-105 3 p.

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• Short arms and talking eggs: Why we should no longer abide the nativist-empiricist debate

  Spencer, J. P., Blumberg, M. S., McMurray, B., Robinson, S. R., Samuelson, L. K. & Tomblin, J. B., Aug 2009, In: Child Development Perspectives. 3, 2, p. 79-87 9 p.

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• The dynamic nature of knowledge: Insights from a dynamic field model of children's novel noun generalization

  Samuelson, L. K., Schutte, A. R. & Horst, J. S., Mar 2009, In: Cognition. 110, 3, p. 322-345 24 p.

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• Toddlers can adaptively change how they categorise: Same objects, same session, two different categorical distinctions

  Horst, J. S., Ellis, A. E., Samuelson, L. K., Trejo, E., Worzalla, S. L., Peltan, J. R. & Oakes, L. M., Jan 2009, In: Developmental Science. 12, 1, p. 96-105 10 p.

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• 2008

  Confronting complexity: Insights from the details of behavior over multiple timescales

  Samuelson, L. K. & Horst, J. S., Mar 2008, In: Developmental Science. 11, 2, p. 209-215 7 p.

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• Early Milestones in the Development of Spoken English

  Samuelson, L. K., 2008, In: Encyclopedia of Language and Literacy Development. p. 1-8 8 p.

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• Fast mapping but poor retention by 24-month-old infants

  Horst, J. S. & Samuelson, L. K., Mar 2008, In: Infancy. 13, 2, p. 128-157 30 p.

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• Rigid thinking about deformables: Do children sometimes overgeneralize the shape bias?

  Samuelson, L. K., Horst, J. S., Schutte, A. R. & Dobbertin, B. N., Aug 2008, In: Journal of Child Language. 35, 3, p. 559-589 31 p.

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• The shape of controversy: what counts as an explanation of development? Introduction to the special section

  Samuelson, L. K. & Bloom, P., Mar 2008, In: Developmental Science. 11, 2, p. 183-184 2 p.

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• 2007

  Drawing conclusions about categorization: Perceptual and conceptual information interactively shape naming

  Samuelson, L. K., Perry, L. K. & Warrington, A., 10 Dec 2007, In: Cognition, Brain, Behavior. XI, 4, p. 695-712 18 p.

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• Dynamic noun generalization: Moment-to-moment interactions shape children's naming biases

  Samuelson, L. K. & Horst, J. S., 2007, In: Infancy. 11, 1, p. 97-110 14 p.

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• 2006

  An attentional learning account of the shape bias: Reply to Cimpian and Markman (2005) and Booth, Waxman, and Huang (2005)

  Smith, L. B. & Samuelson, L., Nov 2006, In: Developmental Psychology. 42, 6, p. 1339-1343 5 p.

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• 2005

  They call it like they see it: Spontaneous naming and attention to shape

  Samuelson, L. K. & Smith, L. B., Mar 2005, In: Developmental Science. 8, 2, p. 182-198 17 p.

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• 2002

  Object name learning provides on-the-job training for attention

  Smith, L. B., Jones, S. S., Landau, B., Gershkoff-Stowe, L. & Samuelson, L., Jan 2002, In: Psychological Science. 13, 1, p. 13-19 7 p.

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• Statistical regularities in vocabulary guide language acquisition in connectionist models and 15-20-month-olds

  Samuelson, L. K., Nov 2002, In: Developmental Psychology. 38, 6, p. 1016-1037 22 p.

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