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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021

Webcams, Songs, and Vocabulary Learning: A Comparison of In-Person and Remote Data Collection as a Way of Moving Forward With Child-Language Research.

Giovanna Morini, Mackensie Blair

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. The Feasibility of Remote Visual-World Eye-Tracking With Young Children.Open mind : discoveries in cognitive science · 2025
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  5. Conducting Developmental Research Online vs. In-Person: A Meta-Analysis.Open mind : discoveries in cognitive science · 2024
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  10. Melody and Lyrics Are Integrated by Late Infancy During Recognition of Music Learned at Home.Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant Studies
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Giovanna MoriniDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States.
Mackensie BlairDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article evaluates a testing procedure for collecting eye-gaze data with toddlers and preschoolers during a word-learning task. We provide feasibility and precision data by comparing performance in an in-person version of the study (conducted under controlled conditions in the lab), with performance in a virtual version in which participants completed the testing procedure from home. Our data support the feasibility of collecting remote eye-gaze data with young children, and present it as a viable alternative for conducting developmental language research when in-person interactions with participants cannot take place. Additionally, we use this methodological approach to examine a topic that has gained popularity in recent years-the role of music and songs on vocabulary learning. We provide evidence suggesting that while songs may help increase attention during a particular task, greater attention does not lead to greater learning. In fact, preschoolers show improved word-learning performance for items that were trained in a spoken sentence compared to items that were trained in a song. This means that while songs may be beneficial for increasing child engagement, spoken sentences may be best for supporting deep level learning of language concepts.

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eye-gaze measurespreschoolersremote testingsongstoddlersword learning

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PMID34434148
PMCPMC8382569

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