Publications
Stahl, A. E. & Feigenson, L. (2018). Infants use linguistic group distinctions to chunk items in memory. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 172, 149-167.
Stahl, A. E. & Feigenson, L. (accepted pending revisions). The role of surprise in early learning. Topics in Cognitive Science.
Stahl, A. E. & Feigenson, L. (2017). Expectancy violations promote learning in young children. Cognition, 163, 1-14.
Konishi, H., Stahl, A. E., Golinkoff, R. M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2016). Individual differences in non-linguistic event categorization predict later motion verb comprehension. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 151, 18-32.
Stahl, A. E. & Feigenson, L. (2015). Observing the unexpected enhances infants' learning and exploration. Science, 348, 91-94.
Stahl, A. E. & Feigenson, L. (2014). Social knowledge facilitates chunking in infancy. Child Development, 85, 1477-1490.
Stahl, A. E., Romberg, A. R., Roseberry, S., Golinkoff, R. M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2014). Infants segment continuous events using transitional probabilities. Child Development, 85, 1821-1826.
Stahl, A. E. & Feigenson, L. (accepted pending revisions). The role of surprise in early learning. Topics in Cognitive Science.
Stahl, A. E. & Feigenson, L. (2017). Expectancy violations promote learning in young children. Cognition, 163, 1-14.
Konishi, H., Stahl, A. E., Golinkoff, R. M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2016). Individual differences in non-linguistic event categorization predict later motion verb comprehension. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 151, 18-32.
Stahl, A. E. & Feigenson, L. (2015). Observing the unexpected enhances infants' learning and exploration. Science, 348, 91-94.
Stahl, A. E. & Feigenson, L. (2014). Social knowledge facilitates chunking in infancy. Child Development, 85, 1477-1490.
Stahl, A. E., Romberg, A. R., Roseberry, S., Golinkoff, R. M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2014). Infants segment continuous events using transitional probabilities. Child Development, 85, 1821-1826.
Press/Media Coverage
See below for recent news coverage of some of Dr. Stahl's research!
- The Signal: College Welcomes Infants to Campus
- TCNJ News: What to Expect... When You're a Baby
- NPR’s All Things Considered: Why Babies Love (And Learn From) Magic Tricks
- CNN’s Sanjay Gupta: Surprise! A New Discovery About Your Baby
- Wall Street Journal: How 1-Year-Olds Figure Out the World
- CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks: Surprise Leads to Learning in Babies
- Good Morning America: Study Reveals Surprise Helps Infants Learn
- Smithsonian: Like Tiny Scientists, Babies Learn Best by Focusing on Surprising Objects
- PBS News Hour: Babies Resemble Tiny Scientists More Than You Might Think
- New York Magazine: Babies Learn More When Something Surprises Them
- LA Times: No Surprise: A Key to Infant Learning is Surprise
- CBS Philly: Babies Learn Best When They’re Surprised
- Scientific American: Babies Are Drawn to Objects That Defy Expectation
- New York Times: What Babies Know About Physics and Foreign Languages