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Adult language learners under cognitive load do not over-regularize like children

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dc.contributor.authorPerfors, A.
dc.contributor.authorBurns, N.
dc.contributor.conferenceAnnual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (32nd : 2010 : Portland, Oregon)
dc.contributor.editorOhlsson, S.
dc.contributor.editorCatrambone, R.
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThe "less is more" hypothesis suggests that one reason adults and children differ in their language acquisition abilities is that they also differ in other cognitive capacities: for instance, the relatively poor memory and/or processing abilities of children may make them more likely to over-regularize inconsistent input (Singleton & Newport, 2004; Hudson Kam & Newport, 2005). We investigate this hypothesis by placing adults under a high cognitive load using a standard task. Does their tendency to over-regularize in a simultaneous language-learning task increase? Results indicate that although the cognitive load is high enough to impair overall learning, neither the presence of load nor poor working memory predicts greater overregularization. This suggests that if the "less is more" hypothesis explains over-regularization in children, the relevant cognitive capacity is not one that was impaired by our load task.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityAmy Perfors and Nicholas Burns
dc.description.urihttp://cognitivesciencesociety.org/conference2010/schedule.html
dc.identifier.citationCognition in flux: Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 11-14, August, 2010 / S. Ohlsson and R. Catrambone (eds.); pp.2524-2529
dc.identifier.orcidBurns, N. [0000-0003-3456-6734]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/64268
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCognitive Science Society
dc.publisher.placewww
dc.rights© Authors
dc.source.urihttp://palm.mindmodeling.org/cogsci2010/papers/0615/index.html
dc.titleAdult language learners under cognitive load do not over-regularize like children
dc.typeConference paper
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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