Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160101917

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP160101917

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Discovering sources of individual differences in first language acquisition. This project aims to investigate the processes of language acquisition to support the development of evidence-based strategies for improving children's early language. Some children learn language earlier and more easily than others. Understanding why this is the case is important because successful acquisition is strongly associated with positive life outcomes such as academic achievement and psychological wellbeing. This project focuses on typically developing children, investigating how their ability to detect frequently occurring patterns in the environment significantly contributes to their acquisition of grammar in early childhood. The project plans to use an innovative triangulation of experimental methods from developmental psychology, longitudinal analysis and cognitive modelling to drive the development of new models of language acquisition and transform our understanding of both typical and atypical acquisition.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 15-02-2016

End Date: 21-08-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $274,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Psychology | Developmental Psychology and Ageing

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences |

Other Keywords

Developmental Psychology and Ageing | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | Psychology

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