{"pk":29841,"title":"The Semantic Network: Uncovering The Mechanisms that Build Organized WordKnowledge in Development","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Language is rich in statistical regularities that capture meaningful, semantic links between words crucial for languagefluency. Words that can be combined to express meaningful ideas (e.g., drink-soda) reliably directly co-occur together,and words similar in meaning share patterns of co-occurrence (e.g. soda and milk share co-occurrence with drink). Here,we investigate whether children (4-year-olds) and adults can capitalize on these regularities to form new semantic linksbetween new and familiar words. Participants hear sentences in which new words directly co-occur or share co-occurrencewith familiar words. We then assess the formation of corresponding semantic links using an implicit, gaze-based measureand an explicit labeling measure. Results suggest that new semantic links form only from direct co-occurrence in chil-dren, and from both direct and shared co-occurrence in adults. This research is therefore uncovering the development ofmechanisms for building organized word knowledge from mere exposure to language.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Poster Session 2","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/94b813wt","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Apoorva","middle_name":"","last_name":"Vallampati","name_suffix":"","institution":"Ohio State University","department":""},{"first_name":"Layla","middle_name":"","last_name":"Unger","name_suffix":"","institution":"Ohio State University","department":""},{"first_name":"Olivera","middle_name":"","last_name":"Savic","name_suffix":"","institution":"Ohio State University","department":""},{"first_name":"Vladimir","middle_name":"","last_name":"Sloutsky","name_suffix":"","institution":"Ohio State University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2020-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/29841/galley/19695/download/"}]}