Lauren Emberson
Biographic Data
| ID | 8525260 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lauren Emberson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lauren |
| FAMILY NAME | Emberson |
| SIGNATURE | EMBERSON L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Princeton University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2374-6580 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Relative contributions of predictive vs. associative processes to infant looking behavior during language comprehension
Numerous developmental findings suggest that infants and toddlers engage predictive processing during language comprehension. However, a significant limitation of this research is that associative (bottom-up) and predictive (top-down) explanations are not readily differentiated. Following adult studies that varied predictiveness relative to semantic-relatedness to differentiate associative vs. predictive processes, the present study used eye-trac…
Infants' lexical comprehension and lexical anticipation abilities are closely linked in early language development
Theories across cognitive domains propose that anticipating upcoming sensory input supports information processing. In line with this view, prior findings indicate that adults and children anticipate upcoming words during real‐time language processing, via such processes as prediction and priming. However, it is unclear if anticipatory processes are strictly an outcome of prior language development or are more entwined with language learning and …
Attrition rate in infant fNirs research
Understanding the trends and predictors of attrition rate, or the proportion of collected data that is excluded from the final analyses, is important for accurate research planning, assessing data integrity, and ensuring generalizability. In this pre‐registered meta‐analysis, we reviewed 182 publications in infant (0–24 months) functional near‐infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) research published from 1998 to April 9, 2020, and investigated the trends…
Using pupillometry to investigate predictive processes in infancy
Prediction, a prospective cognitive process, is increasingly believed to be crucial for adult cognition and learning. Despite decades of targeted research on prediction in adults, methodological limitations still exist for investigating prediction in infancy. In this article, we argue that pupillometry, or the measurement of pupil size, is an effective method to examine predictive processing in infants and will expand on existing methods (namely …
The blowfish effect
Learners preferentially interpret novel nouns at the basic level (‘dog’) rather than at a more narrow level (‘Labrador’). This ‘basic-level bias’ is mitigated by statistics: children and adults are more likely to interpret a novel noun at a more narrow label if they witness ‘a suspicious coincidence’ – the word applied to three exemplars of the same narrow category. Independent work has found that exemplar typicality influences learners’ inferenc…
How Visual is Visual Prediction
Infants are readily able to use their recent experience to shape their future behavior. Recent work has confirmed that infants generate neural predictions based on their recent experience (Emberson, Richards, & Aslin, 2015) and that neural predictions trigger visual system activity similar to that elicited by visual stimulation. This study uses behavioral methods to ask, how visual is visual prediction? In Experiment 1, we confirmed that when add…
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How Visual is Visual Prediction
Infants are readily able to use their recent experience to shape their future behavior. Recent work has confirmed that infants generate neural predictions based on their recent experience (Emberson, Richards, & Aslin, 2015) and that neural predictions trigger visual system activity similar to that elicited by visual stimulation. This study uses behavioral methods to ask, how visual is visual prediction? In Experiment 1, we confirmed that when add…
The blowfish effect
Learners preferentially interpret novel nouns at the basic level (‘dog’) rather than at a more narrow level (‘Labrador’). This ‘basic-level bias’ is mitigated by statistics: children and adults are more likely to interpret a novel noun at a more narrow label if they witness ‘a suspicious coincidence’ – the word applied to three exemplars of the same narrow category. Independent work has found that exemplar typicality influences learners’ inferenc…
Using pupillometry to investigate predictive processes in infancy
Prediction, a prospective cognitive process, is increasingly believed to be crucial for adult cognition and learning. Despite decades of targeted research on prediction in adults, methodological limitations still exist for investigating prediction in infancy. In this article, we argue that pupillometry, or the measurement of pupil size, is an effective method to examine predictive processing in infants and will expand on existing methods (namely …
Infants' lexical comprehension and lexical anticipation abilities are closely linked in early language development
Theories across cognitive domains propose that anticipating upcoming sensory input supports information processing. In line with this view, prior findings indicate that adults and children anticipate upcoming words during real‐time language processing, via such processes as prediction and priming. However, it is unclear if anticipatory processes are strictly an outcome of prior language development or are more entwined with language learning and …
Attrition rate in infant fNirs research
Understanding the trends and predictors of attrition rate, or the proportion of collected data that is excluded from the final analyses, is important for accurate research planning, assessing data integrity, and ensuring generalizability. In this pre‐registered meta‐analysis, we reviewed 182 publications in infant (0–24 months) functional near‐infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) research published from 1998 to April 9, 2020, and investigated the trends…
Relative contributions of predictive vs. associative processes to infant looking behavior during language comprehension
Numerous developmental findings suggest that infants and toddlers engage predictive processing during language comprehension. However, a significant limitation of this research is that associative (bottom-up) and predictive (top-down) explanations are not readily differentiated. Following adult studies that varied predictiveness relative to semantic-relatedness to differentiate associative vs. predictive processes, the present study used eye-trac…
Cognitive psychology (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Child and Animal Learning Development (3 works) · Language Development and Disorders (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Neuroscience (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Comprehension (2 works)