LingProf

lingprof.bsky.social

01 October 2026 10:03

This team effort across 30 labs finds no evidence of abstract symbolic rule learning in infant speech perception.

Tom Farsides

tomfarsides.bsky.social

01 October 2026 10:02

Huge replication finds no evidence of a(nother) ‘foundational’ finding onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Christina Bergmann

chbergma.bsky.social

01 October 2026 10:02

Here's the paper and much more info bsky.app/profile/ingm...

Martin Zettersten

mzettersten.bsky.social

01 October 2026 10:02

Glad to see this large-scale replication attempt of rule learning in infants finally out. Bottom line: we find no evidence for an effect (650 infants from 30 labs) in a close conceptual replication of Marcus et al. 1999; no effect of potential moderators (e.g., age, method). 1/2

Martin Zettersten

mzettersten.bsky.social

01 October 2026 10:02

Meta-analytic plot below: only 1 out of the 31 samples find evidence of the effect. Huge effort from the entire ManyBabies 3 team led by @ingmarvisser.bsky.social. Imo an important moment for reflection in infant research (esp. language development) given the centrality of this finding. 2/2