News Finding: As any book lover will tell you, language is transformative.
Paper Finding: Analyses of accuracy yielded a significant main effect of Labeling [F(1, 60) = 7.35, p = .009], with accuracy higher in the Label condition, and a main effect of Discriminability [F (1, 60) = 4.67, p = .03], with accuracy higher in the High Discriminability condition.
News Context: As any book lover will tell you, language is transformative. The transformative powers, however, may reach father than an emotional reaction to novels or poetry. The study, published in Developmental Science, reveals that spoken language -- more so than images -- taps into a child's cognitive system and enhances their ability to learn, as well as to navigate cluttered environments.
Paper Context: Accuracy was above 80% for all conditions (see Table 1 for accuracy per condition). Analyses of accuracy yielded a significant main effect of Labeling [F(1, 60) = 7.35, p = .009], with accuracy higher in the Label condition, and a main effect of Discriminability [F (1, 60) = 4.67, p = .03], with accuracy higher in the High Discriminability condition. There was an interaction between Labeling and Discriminability on accuracy [F(1, 60) = 4.34, p = .04], as the difference in accuracy between the two labeling conditions was larger for the Low Discriminability condition.