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ArticleCognitive neuroscience

Fast mapping is a laboratory task, not a cognitive capacity.

Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Emily Morson

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Article in Cognitive neuroscience. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Morton Ann Gernsbachera Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , WI , USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0397-3329
Emily Morsonb Department of Speech, Language, and Learning, Northwestern University , Evanston , IL , USA.

Funding

LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION AS STRUCTURE BUILDINGR01NS029926 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON · PI GERNSBACHER, MORTON ANN · 1991 to 2002
$668k
Genetics of Autism and other Communication DisordersF33DC005365 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON · PI GERNSBACHER, MORTON ANN · 2001 to 2002
$104k
COGNITIVE PROCESSES &MECHANISMS IN COMPREHENSIONK04NS001376 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON · PI GERNSBACHER, MORTON ANN · 1989 to 1993
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NIDCD NIH HHS F33 DC005365NINDS NIH HHS K04 NS001376NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS029926
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fast Mapping is a laboratory task that typically involves an experimenter creating a nonsense name for an object the participant has never seen before. We demonstrate how researchers' use of the term Fast Mapping has extended beyond its core meaning as a laboratory task to more abstractly denote an internal process, a skill that children employ in their everyday lives, and an inherent capacity. We argue that such over-extension is problematic.

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CognitionVocabularyAdultChildHumansautistic language developmentFast mappingover-extensiontrademarks

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PMID30669945
PMCPMC6646106

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