Where's the Wif? Referent Selection and Retention

NCT05443438 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: AS-18-155BR15HD101841
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 212
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this work is to address increasing concerns about young children's digital media exposure and language outcomes by testing how the times course of word learning unfolds in digital environments and the cascading impact of digital media on vocabulary outcomes. The findings will have important implications for understanding when and where optimal word learning from media can occur.

Conditions

Healthy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Accuracy on Referent Selection

  Children's choices on each trial of the task will be measured. Correct responses are those to the target (prompted) item - for referent selection, this is the item asked for in the prompt (e.g. shoe, dog)

  1 minute

• Accuracy on Retention

  Children's choices on each trial of the task will be measured. Correct responses are those to the target (prompted) item - for retention, this is the item asked for in the prompt which are the correct word-object pairing for novel items previously introduced.

  5 minutes

Study Arms (4)

3D-3D

NO INTERVENTION

All items presented in 3D form

3D-2D

EXPERIMENTAL

Initial items in 3D, generalization in 2D

Behavioral: Modality - 3D-2D

2D-3D

EXPERIMENTAL

Initial items in 2D, generalization in 3D

Behavioral: Modality - 2D-3D

2D-2D

EXPERIMENTAL

Initial items in 2D, generalization in 2D

Behavioral: Modality - 2D-2D

Interventions

Modality - 3D-2D BEHAVIORAL

Modality in which items will be presented (via tablet/digital media or as real object). 3D items initially and generalization as 2D

Also known as: digital media modality

3D-2D

Modality - 2D-3D BEHAVIORAL

Modality in which items will be presented (via tablet/digital media or as real object). 2D items initially and generalization as 3D

Also known as: digital media modality

2D-3D

Modality - 2D-2D BEHAVIORAL

Modality in which items will be presented (via tablet/digital media or as real object). 2D items initially and retention/generalization as 2D

Also known as: digital media modality

2D-2D

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 17 Months - 30 Months
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• between 18 and 30 months old

You may not qualify if:

• diagnosed developmental delay or disorder
• exposure to more than 25% of another language

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Oklahoma State University: lead
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma, 74078, United States

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: Participants will be randomly assigned to one of for conditions.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 29, 2022
• First Posted: July 5, 2022
• Study Start: April 7, 2022
• Primary Completion: March 29, 2025
• Study Completion: April 30, 2025
• Last Updated: May 14, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ANALYTIC CODE
• Time Frame: After completion of the project and for the duration allowed by the IRB.
• Access Criteria: Databrary authorized user

Locations

US (1)