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Below you can find information about our academic papers on both word learning and categorisation (for papers on learning names for categories see word learning) as well as our paper on the NOUN Database.
Word Learning
Our word learning papers include papers on Storybooks, Referent Selection and Retention and the Shape Bias as well as categorisation.
Word Learning From Storybooks
Axelsson, E. L., Williams, S. E. & Horst, J. S. (2016). , Frontiers in Psychology, 7(1192), 1-9. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01192
Horst, J. S. (2015). In B. Kümmerling-Meibauer, J. Meibauer, K. Nachtigäller & K. Rohlfing (Eds.), Learning from Picturebooks, Perspectives from Child Development & Literacy Studies, New York: Routledge.
Williams, S. E., & Horst, J. S. (2014).s, Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, 5(184), 1-12. .
Horst, J. S. (2013). . Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, 4(149), 1-11.
Horst, J. S., Parsons, K. L. & Bryan, N. M. (2011). Fromtiers in Developmental Psychology, 2(17), 1-11.
Word Learning (Referent Selection and Retention)
Axelsson, E. L., Perry, L. K., Scott, E. J. & Horst, J. S. (2016). . Acta Psychologica. 163, 181-187. DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2015.11.006
Perry, L. K., Axelsson, E. L. & Horst, J. S. (2016). . Infant and Child Development, 25 (4), 247–258 doi: 10.1002/icd.1933
Twomey, K. E., Morse, A., Cangelosi, A. & Horst, J. S. (2016). Children's referent selection and word learning: insights from a developmental robotic system. Interaction Studies: Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems, 17(1), 93–119. doi: 10.1075/is.17.1.05two
Axelsson, E. L., & Horst, J. S. (2014). . Acta Psychologica, 152, 95-99. DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2014.08.002
Twomey, K. E., Lush, L., Pearce, R. & Horst, J. S. (2014). , British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 32(3), 359-366. DOI: 10.1111/bjdp.12042
Twomey, K. E., Ranson, S. L. & Horst, J. S. (2014). . Infant and Child Development, 23 (2), 105-122. DOI: 10.1002/icd.1824
Axelsson, E. L., & Horst, J. S. (2013). . Acta Psychologica, 144(2), 264-268. DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.07.002
McMurray, B., Horst, J. S. & Samuelson, L. K. (2012). . Psychological Review. 119 (4), pp. 831-877. DOI: 10.1037/a0029872
Axelsson, E. L., Churchley, K. & Horst, J. S. (2012). Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, 3 (88), 1-8. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00088
Horst, J. S., Samuelson, L. K., Kucker, S. C. & McMurray, B. (2011). Cognition, 118(2) 234-244. DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2010. 10.015 . Replicated by .
Horst, J. S., Scott, E. J. & Pollard, J. A. (2010). Developmental Science, 13(5) 706-713. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00926.x .
Horst, J. S. & Samuelson, L. K. (2008). Infancy, 13(2), 128-157. DOI: 10.1080/15250000701795598 .
Horst, J. S., McMurray, B. & Samuelson L.K. (2006). Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates. .
The Shape Bias
Horst, J. S. & Twomey, K. E. (2013). Infant and Child Development, 22(1), 24-43.DOI: 10.1002/icd.1768
Samuelson, L. K., Schutte, A. R. & Horst, J. S. (2009). Cognition, 110(3) 322-345. DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2008.10.017
Samuelson, L. K. & Horst, J. S. (2008). Developmental Science, 11(2), 209-215. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00667.x
Samuelson, L. K., Horst, J. S., Schutte, A. R. & Dobbertin, B. (2008). Journal of Child Language, 35,559-589. DOI: 10.1017/S0305000908008672
Samuelson, L. K., & Horst, J. S. (2007). Infancy, 11(1), 97-110. DOI: 10.1207/s15327078in1101_5
Samuelson, L. K., Horst, J. S., Dobbertin, B. N. & Schutte, A. R. (2006). Knowledge, Performance, and Task: Decalage and Dynamics in Young Children's Noun Generalizations. Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates.
Categorisation
Horst, J. S. & Simmering, V. R. (2015). Frontiers in Psychology, 6 (46). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00046
Horst, J. S., Ellis, A. E., Samuelson, L. K., Trejo, E., Worzalla, S., Peltan, J. & Oakes, L. M. (2009). . Developmental Science, 12(1) 96-105.
Oakes, L. M., Kovack-Lesh, K. A., & Horst, J. S., (2009). Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 104(1) 124-131.
Kovack-Lesh, K.A., Horst, J. S. & Oakes, L.M. (2008) Infancy, 13(4) 285-307.
Horst, J. S., Oakes, L. M. & Madole, K. L. (2005). Child Development, 76, 614-631.
NOUN Database
Horst, J. S. & Hout, M. C. (in press). The Novel Object and Unusual Name (NOUN) Database: a collection of novel images for use in experimental research. Behavior Research Methods. Manuscript accepted for publication.