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Knowledge as Process: Contextually Cued Attention and Early Word Learning
Author(s) -
Smith Linda B.,
Colunga Eliana,
Yoshida Hanako
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
cognitive science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.498
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1551-6709
pISSN - 0364-0213
DOI - 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2010.01130.x
Subject(s) - cued speech , psychology , cognitive psychology , cognition , process (computing) , cognitive science , computer science , neuroscience , operating system
Learning depends on attention. The processes that cue attention in the moment dynamically integrate learned regularities and immediate contextual cues. This paper reviews the extensive literature on cued attention and attentional learning in the adult literature and proposes that these fundamental processes are likely significant mechanisms of change in cognitive development. The value of this idea is illustrated using phenomena in children's novel word learning.