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标题：Advancing Our Understanding of the Link between Statistical Learning and Language Acquisition: The Need for Longitudinal Data
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作者：Arciuli, Joanne ; Torkildsen, Janne Von Koss
期刊名称：Frontiers in Psychology
电子版ISSN：1664-1078
出版年度：2012
卷号：3
页码：1-9
DOI：10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00324
出版社：Frontiers Media
摘要：Mastery of language can be a struggle for some children. Amongst those that succeed in achieving this feat there is variability in proficiency. Cognitive scientists remain intrigued by this variation. A now substantial body of research suggests that language acquisition is underpinned by a child's capacity for statistical learning. Moreover, a growing body of research has demonstrated that variability in statistical learning is associated with variability in language proficiency. Yet, there is a striking lack of longitudinal data. To date, there has been no comprehensive investigation of whether a capacity for statistical learning in young children is, in fact, associated with language proficiency in subsequent years. Here we review key studies that have led to the need for this longitudinal research. Advancing the language acquisition debate via longitudinal research has the potential to transform our understanding of typical development as well as disorders such as autism, specific language impairment and dyslexia.
关键词：statistical learning; language acquisition; Longitudinal Studies; Language impairment; language proficiency; language development; Reading development; Connectionist Modeling