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August 13, 2026Language Cognition and NeuroscienceOpen Access

The relationship between language prediction and action prediction in toddlers and adults

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Experimental analysis reveals distinct predictive behaviors in toddlers and adults, suggesting developmental alignment.

Key Points

  • To explore the relationship between action prediction and language prediction in toddlers and adults.
  • Used eye-tracking to measure predictive looking behavior in toddlers and adults.
  • Conducted parallel action and semantic prediction tasks in two experiments.
  • Compared predictive performance of Norwegian-speaking toddlers and adults.
  • Toddlers exhibited robust predictive looking in both tasks without a relationship between action and semantic predictions.
  • Adults showed a significant positive relationship between action and semantic prediction tasks.
  • Findings suggest predictive abilities are present by age two but align more with development in adults.

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A 2026 study studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7d75c72b0e0cff3f63e91chttps://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2026.2699142
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