Cognitive Science Professor Raj Singh, Psychology Professor Deepthi Kamawar and Andrea Astle-Rahim (Psychology Ph.D) together with a team from MIT authored a paper on children’s language development, specifically why they confuse simple words. The report will be published in the journal Natural Language Semantics.
Summary from MIT News
Now a study by MIT linguistics professors and a team from Carleton University, based on an experiment with children between the ages of 3 and 6, proposes a new explanation, with a twist: In examining this apparent flaw, the researchers conclude that children deploy a more sophisticated mode of logical analysis than many experts have previously realized.
Read more information about the research on the MIT News’ website.