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Yi Zhu

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Infants learn object names during interactions with their parents. Parental speech during these interactions shape infants' word recognition and learning, offering key insights into early language development. Previous research examined the relationship of parental didactic language and infant vocabulary growth. We will investigate a sample of 46 parents and their 8- to 11-month-old infants as they played together with a mix of novel and familiar toys in a naturalistic setting. We will code the transcription of parental speech for informative language components, including total number of words, novel object labeling events, and questions asked, which relate to promoting infants' understanding and learning of language. After each play session, infants' learning of object labels was tested in a preferential looking task, in which infants were presented with images of two toys side-by- side and their visual attention was measured with an eye-tracker. During the presentations, a woman (off screen) said "where's the [object name]?" Infants who have learned the name of the novel toys should prefer the labeled objects. By examining infants' learning as a function of parental language during close interactions, this research contributes to the broader understanding of parent-infant dyadic interactions as fundamental components of language learning. Fast Food vs Mediterranean Diet: Further Examination of Lipoprotein Composition & Biomarkers After 4-day Dietary Intervention Ashley Zhuang

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UC Davis / Psychology / 2025

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