Semantic Seed EEG Study

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Interdisciplinary Centers, Units and Projects::Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF)::Fall Research Expo
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Psychology
Linguistics
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Semantic
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Electroencephalography
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2025-09-29
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Laver, Abigail
Cheng, Angelina
Allon, Daya
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Babineau, Mireille
Shi, Rushen
Christophe, Anne
Barbir, Monica
Fiévet , Anne-Caroline
Bergelson, Elika
Swingley, Daniel
Gleitman, Lila
Trueswell, John
Laver, Abigail
Abstract

Language acquisition occurs in two steps. First, learners pick up new words from their surroundings to build a small vocabulary, known as a semantic seed (ex. dog). Second, they use a process called syntactic bootstrapping, in which they analyze meaningless words by their grammatical distribution to learn their meanings (ex. think). This study aims to explores the result of these two mechanisms interacting, via electroencephalography (EEG) methods and a replication of previous work with a behavioral study.

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2025-09-15
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This project was supported with funding from the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring (PURM) program.
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