Novel Word Learning
Participants are exposed to unfamiliar word forms (often paired with referents, pictures, or definitions) and are later tested on recognition, recall, or lexical integration of those items, typically after a delay including sleep. Accuracy and interference effects with existing lexical neighbours index the formation and consolidation of new lexical representations.
- Language
- Learning
- Memory
Indexed implementations 7
Metadata only — each row links to the authors' own page. A date in the last column is the last time an automated check confirmed the link loads; it is not a review of the task.
| Implementation | Source | Languages | Link checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Word Learning Strategies · Children Helping Science | Children Helping Science | English | 2026-05-18 |
| Is This One? · Children Helping Science | Children Helping Science | English | 2026-05-18 |
| Is this blicket ZORPY? · Children Helping Science | Children Helping Science | English | 2026-05-18 |
| Learning about hidden creatures · Children Helping Science | Children Helping Science | English | 2026-05-18 |
| Meet the animals! · Children Helping Science | Children Helping Science | English | 2026-05-18 |
| What's My Friend Doing? · Children Helping Science | Children Helping Science | English | 2026-05-18 |
| ¡Let’s read un cuento! · Children Helping Science | Children Helping Science | English | 2026-05-18 |
Key references
- Gaskell, M., & Dumay, N. (2003). Lexical competition and the acquisition of novel words. Cognition, 89(2), 105-132. doi:10.1016/s0010-0277(03)00070-2