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. 2019 Jul-Oct;10(4):223-225.
doi: 10.1080/17588928.2019.1573810. Epub 2019 Feb 4.

Fast mapping is a laboratory task, not a cognitive capacity

Morton Ann Gernsbacher  1 , Emily Morson  2
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Fast mapping is a laboratory task, not a cognitive capacity

Morton Ann Gernsbacher et al. Cogn Neurosci. 2019 Jul-Oct.

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.

Keywords: Fast mapping; autistic language development; over-extension; trademarks.

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