#  Colloquium - Jenny Saffran, PhD 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **November 2, 2016** 

 04:00PM - 05:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **William James Hall - Room 1, Basement Auditorium**  



 

 



 

**Jenny Saffran, PhD**

 Professor of Psychology

University of Wisconsin - Madison

<https://www.waisman.wisc.edu/pi-Saffran-Jenny.htm>

**Topic : Building a lexicon**

 **Abstract:**

Words are bundles of meanings and sounds (or signs). As mature language users, we have sophisticated knowledge about how words work, both on their own and as part of a lexicon. How does that knowledge emerge? In my talk, I will consider recent work focused on how infants and toddlers discover the forms of words, construe the meanings of words, and integrate words into their nascent semantic networks. I’ll conclude by considering some of the factors that may drive infants to learn complex systems like human languages.



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Psychology Department Colloquium ](/event-type/psychology-department-colloquium)
- [ Cognition, Brain, &amp; Behavior ](/research-areas/cognition-brain-behavior)
- [ Developmental Psychology ](/research-areas/developmental)
- [ Animal Learning and Cognition ](/research-themes/animal-learning-and-cognition)
- [ Cognitive Development ](/research-themes/cognitive-development)
- [ Learning and Memory ](/research-themes/learning-and-memory)
- [ Perception ](/research-themes/perception)
 
 

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