Learning word–referent mappings by integrating information across individually ambiguous encounters. Recurrent co-occurrence can favour a mapping even when no single encounter uniquely identifies it. A target-looking preference need not distinguish parallel associative accumulation from testing and revising a candidate hypothesis.[ref]
Infants rapidly learn word-referent mappings via cross-situational statistics by Linda B. Smith and Chen Yu. Cognition 106, 1558–1568; ambiguous word/picture pairings and target-versus-distractor looking
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