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Saffran, J.R., Hauser, M., Seibel, R.L., Kapfhamer, J., Tsao, F., Cushman, F.  (2008). Grammatical pattern learning by infants and cotton-top tamarin monkeys. Cognition, 107, 479-500.

Saffran, J.R., Pollak, S.D., Seibel, R.L., Shkolnik, A.  (2007). Dog is a dog is a dog: Infant rule learning is not specific to language. Cognition, 105, 669-680.

Thiessen E.D., & Saffran, J.R. (2007). Learning to learn: Infants' acquisition of stress-based strategies for word segmentation. Language Learning & Development, 3, 73-100.

Graf Estes, K.M., Evans, J., Alibali, M.W., & Saffran, J.R. (2007). Can infants map meaning to newly segmented words? Statistical segmentation and word learning. Psychological Science, 18, 254-260.

Saffran, J.R., & Thiessen, E.D. (2007). Domain-general learning capacities. In E. Hoff & M. Shatz (Eds.), Handbook of Language Development. Cambridge: Blackwell (p. 68-86).

Saffran, J.R., Werker, J., & Werner, L. (2006). The infant's auditory world: Hearing, speech, and the beginnings of language. In R. Siegler and D. Kuhn (Eds.), Handbook of Child Development. New York: Wiley (p.58-108).

Saffran, J.R., & Graf Estes, K.M. (2006). Mapping sound to meaning: Connections between learning about sounds and learning about words. In R. Kail (Ed.), Advances in Child Development and Behavior. New York: Elsevier (p. 1-38).

Kaschak, M.P., & Saffran, J.R. (2006). Idiomatic syntactic constructions and language learning. Cognitive Science, 30, 43-63.

Saffran, J. R., Reeck, K., Niehbur, A., & Wilson, D. P. (2005). Changing the tune: Absolute and relative pitch processing by adults and infants. Developmental Science, 8, 1-7.

Thiessen, E. D., Hill, E., & Saffran, J. R. (2005). Infant-directed speech facilitates word segmentation. Infancy, 7, 53-71.

Thiessen, E. D., & Saffran, J. R. (2004). Spectral tilt as a cue to word segmentation in infancy and adulthood. Perception & Psychophysics, 66, 779-791.

McMullen, E., & Saffran, J. R. (2004). Music and language: A developmental comparison. Music Perception, 21, 289-311.

Saffran, J. R. (2003). Musical learning and language development. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 999, 397-401.

Saffran, J. R. (2003). Statistical language learning: Mechanisms and constraints. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 12,110-114.

Saffran, J. R. (2003). Absolute pitch in infancy and adulthood: The role of tonal structure. Developmental Science, 6, 37-45.

Saffran, J. R., & Thiessen, E. D. (2003). Pattern induction by infant language learners. Developmental Psychology, 39, 484-494.

Saffran, J. R., & Wilson, D. P. (2003). From syllables to syntax: Multi-level statistical learning by 12-month-old infants. Infancy, 4, 273-284.

Thiessen, E. D., & Saffran, J. R. (2003). When cues collide: Statistical and stress cues in infant word segmentation. Developmental Psychology, 39, 706-716.

Seidenberg, M. S., MacDonald, M. C., & Saffran, J. R. (2002). Does grammar start where statistics stop? Science, 298, 553-554.

Saffran, J. R. (2002). Constraints on statistical language learning. Journal of Memory and Language, 47, 172-196.

Saffran, J. R., Senghas, A., & Trueswell, J. C. (2001). The acquisition of language by children. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 98, 12874-12875.

Saffran, J. R. (2001). Words in a sea of sounds: The output of statistical learning. Cognition, 81, 149-169.

Saffran, J. R. (2001). The use of predictive dependencies in language learning. Journal of Memory and Language, 44, 493-515.

Saffran, J. R., & Griepentrog, G. J. (2001). Absolute pitch in infant auditory learning: Evidence for developmental reorganization. Developmental Psychology, 37, 74-85.

Saffran, J. R., Loman, M. M., & Robertson, R. R. W. (2000). Infant memory for musical experiences. Cognition, 77, 15-23.

Saffran, J. R., Johnson, E. K., Aslin, R. N., & Newport, E. L. (1999). Statistical learning of tone sequences by human infants and adults. Cognition, 70, 27-52.

Aslin, R. N., Saffran, J. R., & Newport, E. L. (1999). Statistical learning in linguistic and non-linguistic domains. B. MacWhinney (Ed.), Emergentist approaches to language. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Aslin, R. N., Saffran, J. R., & Newport, E. L. (1998). Computation of conditional probability statistics by 8-month-old infants. Psychological Science, 9, 321-324.

Saffran, J. R., Newport, E. L., Aslin, R. N., Tunick, R. A., & Barrueco, S. (1997). Incidental language learning: Listening (and learning) out of the corner of your ear. Psychological Science, 8, 101-105.

Saffran, J. R., Aslin, R. N., & Newport, E. L. (1996). Statistical learning by 8-month-old infants. Science, 274, 1926-1928.

Saffran, J. R., Newport, E. L., & Aslin, R. N. (1996). Word segmentation: The role of distributional cues. Journal of Memory and Language, 35, 606-621.

Morgan, J. L., & Saffran, J. R. (1995). Emerging integration of segmental and suprasegmental information in prelingual speech segmentation. Child Development, 66, 911-936.

 
 
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