• Robustness of the rule-learning effect in 7-month-old infants: A close, multicenter replication of Marcus et al. (1999) 

      Geambașu, Andreea; Spit, Sybren; van Renswoude, Daan; Blom, Wilhelmina Bernardina T.; Fikkert, Paula; Hunnius, Sabine; Junge, Caroline C.M.M.; Verhagen, Josje; Visser, Ingmar; Wijnen, Frank; Levelt, Clara C. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-16)
      We conducted a close replication of the seminal work by Marcus and colleagues from 1999, which showed that after a brief auditory exposure phase, 7-month-old infants were able to learn and generalize a rule to novel syllables not previously present in the exposure phase. This work became the foundation for the theoretical framework by which we assume that infants are able to learn abstract representations ...