Evan Kidd|Joanne Arciuli
Individual Differences in Statistical Learning Predict Children's Comprehension of Syntax
Australian National University|University of Sydney
variability childrens language acquisition likely due number cognitive social variables current study investigated whether individual differences statistical learning sl implicated language acquisition independently predicted 6 8yearolds comprehension syntax sixtyeight n 68 englishspeaking children completed test comprehension four syntactic structures test sl utilizing nonlinguistic visual stimuli several additional control measures results revealed sl independently predicted comprehension two syntactic structures show considerable variability age range passives object relative clauses data suggest individual differences childrens capacity sl associated acquisition syntax natural languages