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Posted: 2025-04-23 19:01:56 UTC
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A study shows that 15-month-old babies can learn the meaning of new words from context without seeing the object, forming a mental 'gist' based on familiar language cues. This ability emerges between 12 and 15 months as their vocabulary grows, challenging the idea that word learning requires direct object labeling.
15-month-olds can learn word meanings from context alone.
Infants form a mental representation of new words based on familiar language cues.
This ability emerges between 12 and 15 months as vocabulary knowledge grows.
12-month-olds do not show the same ability to learn words from context.
The traditional view that word learning requires direct object labeling.