Separating Cognitive Development From Language Development in the Acquisition of Negation Using International Adoption.

Children learning words face at least one challenge, maybe two. First, children must gather enough information to identify which concept maps to which word (a linguistic bottleneck). Second, for this mapping to be possible, children may need to acquire the concept itself if it is not already availab...

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Published in:Journal of Experimental Psychology. General Vol. 155; no. 7; pp. 1629 - 1648
Main Authors: McDermott-Hinman, Annika, Zimmerman, Samuel, Snedeker, Jesse, Feiman, Roman
Format: Article
Published: American Psychological Association Jul2026
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