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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lang Acquis. 2022 May 31;30(3-4):256–276. doi: 10.1080/10489223.2022.2069026

Table 1: Mean Target-fixation Proportions (with Standard Deviations) in CP and Consonant-MP Trials.

Included are 24-month-olds, 30-month-olds, and adults (with the grand mean for children overall in row 3 in bold, italicized font). The rightmost 2 columns list the percentage of participants looking less to the deebo in MP trials than CP trials (showing an MP effect) and the percentage looking less than 50% of the time in MP trials (using a mutual exclusivity, ME, strategy).

Correct pronunciation Consonant MP % Showing MP Effect % Using ME Strategy
24 months 65.5% (16.2%) 69.9% (14.3%) 43.8% (14/32) 6.3% (2/32)
30 months 66.8% (17.7%) 69.3% (17.2%) 40.6% (13/32) 15.6% (5/32)
Children overall 66.1% (16.9%) 69.6% (15.7%) 42.2% (27/64) 10.9% (7/64)
Adults 91.4% (9.8%) 61.8% (32.1%) 83.3% (15/18) 33.3% (6/18)