@inproceedings{b3c9beae4bdf43feae4ea833d2a33acc,
title = "The role of positive affect in the acquisition of word-object associations",
abstract = "Learning to associate words to their meaning is a difficult task. Early word learning may be aided by the way in which adults talk to infants. Infants prefer infant-directed speech (IDS) over adult-directed speech (ADS), and evidence suggests the positive affect inherent to IDS drives this preference. Infants can form word-object associations in IDS, but we do not know what role affect plays on word learning. We tested 19-month-olds' learning of word-object pairings when words were taught in a positive or neutral affect in ADS. No evidence of word learning was found. Results and future research implications are discussed.",
keywords = "infants, word recognition, eye tracking, affect (psychology)",
author = "Traynor, {Nicole M.} and Mulak, {Karen E.} and Rachel Robbins and Gabrielle Weidemann and Paola Escudero",
year = "2016",
language = "English",
publisher = "Australian Speech Science & Technology Association",
pages = "9--12",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology, 6-9 December 2016, Parramatta, Australia",
note = "Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology ; Conference date: 06-12-2016",
}