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    "pk": 29215,
    "title": "Novel labels modify visual attention in 2-year-old children",
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    "abstract": "Labeling objects enhances fundamental cognitive capacities like categorization, individuation, and memory in young chil-dren. However, the mechanism by which labels support these cognitive processes remains unknown. One possibility isthat providing a label for an object changes childrens online visual processing of that object. To address this, we consid-ered several indices of visual attention, asking whether 2-year-old children attend to an object differently if it is labeled(Look at the dax) than if it is paired with a non-labeling phrase (Look at that). We find that 2-year-old childrens visualfixations are longer when objects are paired with a labeling phrase, rather than a non-labeling phrase. Indeed, after hearinga label, children showed a sustained increase in fixation duration. However, the number of fixations children made did notchange as a function of labeling. This illustrates an attentional mechanism by which language might enhance learning in2-year-old children.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1833q076",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Alexander",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "LaTourrette",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Northwestern University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Miriam",
            "middle_name": "A.",
            "last_name": "Novack",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Northwestern University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Sandra",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Waxman",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Northwestern University",
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        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2019-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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