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Jenny R. Saffran | Researchclopedia

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Jenny R. Saffran

216

Works

23,412

Citations

61

h-index

106

i10-index

Research Topics

Language Development and Disorders Child and Animal Learning Development Reading and Literacy Development

Affiliations

Google (United States)2009–2009

University of Wisconsin System2025–2025

University of Wisconsin–Madison2000–2025

John Brown University1995–1995

Lundbeck (Germany)2021–2021

Top Works

Statistical Learning by 8-Month-Old Infants

Jenny R. Saffran,Richard Ν. Aslin,et al.

19965,633 citations

Early Childhood Education and Development

Phonetics and Phonology Research

Statistical learning of tone sequences by human infants and adults

Jenny R. Saffran,Elizabeth K. Johnson,et al.

19991,440 citations

Word Segmentation: The Role of Distributional Cues

Jenny R. Saffran,Elissa L. Newport,et al.

19961,399 citations

Computation of Conditional Probability Statistics by 8-Month-Old Infants

Richard Ν. Aslin,Jenny R. Saffran,et al.

19981,187 citations

Infant‐Directed Speech Facilitates Word Segmentation

Erik D. Thiessen,Emily Hill,et al.

2005697 citations

Incidental Language Learning: Listening (and Learning) Out of the Corner of Your Ear

Jenny R. Saffran,Elissa L. Newport,et al.

1997682 citations

Statistical Language Learning

Jenny R. Saffran

2003623 citations

When cues collide: Use of stress and statistical cues to word boundaries by 7- to 9-month-old infants.

Erik D. Thiessen,Jenny R. Saffran

2003568 citations

Statistical learning and language acquisition

Alexa R. Romberg,Jenny R. Saffran

2010480 citations