{"id":1320,"date":"2025-06-25T15:38:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T19:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/?page_id=1320"},"modified":"2025-09-26T15:21:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T19:21:54","slug":"statistical-learning-and-individual-differences-in-children-ages-5-8-years","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/statistical-learning-and-individual-differences-in-children-ages-5-8-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Statistical Learning and Individual Differences in Children Ages 5 &#8211; 8 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/crespolab\/files\/2025\/01\/Website-636x377.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"377\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-938 aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The natural world is made up of statistical patterns, including the language we hear and the visual world we see. Children develop their vocabulary by using their natural ability to detect these patterns and relationships in language, a process known as statistical learning. In this study, we are exploring how children learn new words across various categories and how they use their existing vocabulary knowledge to support the acquisition of new words.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/crespolab\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_3328-e1737743796741-434x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"366\" class=\"wp-image-937 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_3328-e1737743796741-434x636.jpg 434w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_3328-e1737743796741-699x1024.jpg 699w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_3328-e1737743796741-768x1126.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_3328-e1737743796741-1048x1536.jpg 1048w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_3328-e1737743796741.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/our-research-page\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/crespolab\/files\/2025\/06\/Return-Button-1-636x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"74\" class=\" wp-image-1323 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/files\/2025\/06\/Return-Button-1-636x214.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/files\/2025\/06\/Return-Button-1-1024x345.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/files\/2025\/06\/Return-Button-1-768x258.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/files\/2025\/06\/Return-Button-1-810x270.jpg 810w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/files\/2025\/06\/Return-Button-1.jpg 1272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The natural world is made up of statistical patterns, including the language we hear and the visual world we see. Children develop their vocabulary by using their natural ability to detect these patterns and relationships in language, a process known as statistical learning. In this study, we are exploring how children learn new words across [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25022,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1320"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25022"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1320"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1431,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1320\/revisions\/1431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}